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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • ridwanpassim2@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ridwanpassim2@aim.com" <infofunds@aim.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:54:38 +1100
Subject: message for you

Remember to keep this transaction very confidential!

I am Passim Ridwan from Iraq, now in Damascus Syria. Due to the war in my
country with the Americas but I was able to cross the border to Syria.

I am contacting you on behalf of late contractor in Iraq. Who died on the
attack by the Americas solider who have made my country a war ground, you to
assist in repatriating the money left behind by the contractor before they
get confiscated .The funds this huge money that was deposited as consignment
with the finance security house where the deceased have valued of
US$204Million (two hundred and four million dollars) deposited.

We shall share the money thus as partners while 20% will be used to
Re-imbrues any expenses that might be incurred on both ends. I have all
the necessary legal documentation that will be adjusted to favours to back
the clearness of the consignment.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
Arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
This proposal requires your utmost commitment and cooperation which would
be used aggressively to pursue results as we progress with this
Transaction.

Read on the site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

Confirm the following details below for you to contact finance security
house and book a date for your clearness of the consignment.

1. Full names and age
2. Personal phone and fax number,
3. Your identity,
4. Occupation and address

Please contact me as soon as possible with your good interest at my
Personal Email: ridwanpassim2@aim.com for more details

Yours truly,

Passim Ridwan
Email: ridwanpassim2@aim.com
Remember to keep this transaction very confidential

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