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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • repcoy1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: africanartcraftcompany3@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:06:55 +0200
Subject: YOU AS OUR COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE

African Art And Craft.
Import & Export Co., Ltd.
132 Mandela Road, Pretoria City,
Gauteng Province. South Africa


We are exporters based in SOUTH AFRICA.We export African Art And
Craft into Europe, America and Australia. Our company, African Art And
Craft. Import & Export Co., Ltd. Was established in 1987.

We need your services, to work for us as our foreign agent,who can help
us establish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods and
services we supply to our clients. With a 10% compensation of whatever
amount you clear for the company and the balance remitted to us on our
instruction. If you are interested in this offer, ensure that you reply
immediately you acknowlege this mail with the following information below;


Full names...................
Full Contact Address.........
Mailing Address..............
sex..........................
Age.........................
Telephone....................
Fax..........................
Occupation...................
Company Name.................
Country......................

We look forward to working with you.

Yours Respectfully,

Mr.Robert Themba.
Alternative email:repcoy1@hotmail.com

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