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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348022289007 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • soludo.prof@yahoo.ie

Fraud email example:

From: Charles soludo <charles_soludo.proff@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:26:55 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED!!!


Dear Sabrina Marshall,

I thank you for your urgent response to my mail, i want you to please sent to me the sum of three thousand dollars {$3,000.00} as soon as possible so i can be able to activate my account for the transfer of the $700,000 to my Bank account and also i want to let you know that i have accepted your option in sharing the money.

I want you to stop replying to me through this e-mail id:soludo.prof@yahoo.ie, the reason is that i lost my password to internet scammers and now i have lost all my information in it.

So please kindly reply to this mail and sson as possible to enable us het through this .


Regards,
Prof. Charles Soludo.
Tell: +2348022289007


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