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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
  • samanthasam02@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "samantha samuel" <samanthasam02@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 07:33:01 -0700
Subject: HOTEL VACANCY JOB IN CANADA .

Oh my friend,

Hoping you are fine and living good.Nice having your address, I wanna be your friend, for first friendship cannot be seen or even be touched, it must be felt within the heart.Hoping you feel just the way i do.Wow, friends are like clothes, without them you feel naked!I guess am right.
Am samantha samuel, I will tell you more about myself, my family and all that maybe necessary in this relationship when you reply to this mail.If this interest you, get back to me on my email :
samanthasam02@yahoo.com
Yours dearly samantha.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam