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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million american dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • nenita_villaran632@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: nenita villara <nenita1904@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <nenita_villaran632@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 09:06:18 +0200
Subject: Hello Dear ,



Hello Dear ,

Please excuse me if i have infringe into your privacy. I am madam Villaran Nenita, a Filippino by nationality, widow to the late former minister of finance in Philippine who died on 15th of May 2005. I inherited a total sum of $12.Million American dollars from my late husband, the money was concealed in a metallic trunk box and was deposited with a security and finance company in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire, that was because I needed a maximum security/safety of my consignment and no body nor government organization can trace the where about of the money until I am ready and prepare to claim it.

But the Secuerity company didn't know the real content of the box, because it was deposited as a family valuables. My main purpose of sending you this mail is because of the way I found you and perhaps trustworthy to give you this priority of shipping the box of money to any address that you think is very secure and save in yourcountry for onward lodgement to your account for the purpose of future investment with your percentage of which we shall chat on soon.

I will send you the Authorization Certificate to call them in my next mail which is the Certificate of the deposit that they gave me on the very day when the box of money was deposited under their company. I give thanks immensely for your co-operation as I look forward to hear from you soon.
please contact me from this my private box ( nenita_villaran632@yahoo.com.ph)

Thanks,
Madam Villaran Nenita
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