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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.
  • williams1s@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SUZAN ALFAROUK" <w1s20002000@yahoo.co.jp> (may be fake)
Reply-To: suzan1w@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 18:01:20 -0700
Subject: From Williams and Suzan Alfarouk.

Dearest,

We are Williams P. and Suzan Alfarouk from Sierra Leone. We are writing
you from Rep of Cote 'Ivoire where we have been taking refuge after the
brutal war and murder of our perants by the rebels during the renewed
fighting in our country.
Because of the war our late Father sold his shipping company and took
us to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited US$18, 300,
000.00 Million in his foreign account with one of the bank here in Cote
d'Ivoire Pls,
we got your profile from our network search and due to the courrent
political sutuation in Ivory Coast we are seeking for your assistance to
transfer this Money to any account you can provide to the bank and also
relocate us to your country to further our study and we are willing to
offer you 15% of the total sum for your help.
Please Kindly contact us for more details (williams1s@yahoo.fr).

Remain blessed,
Best Regard, hoping to hear from you soonest,
Williams and Suzan Alfarouk.
Tel: 00225-0883 2663.

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