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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • expressliningshipping@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • latexhome@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • rolandhayfordlatexhomeincorporations@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Roland hayford" <latexhome@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 20:06:23 -0700
Subject: furnitures


Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Roland hayford of latex home Incorporations. , Broklyn New York.

I want to purchase some office and home furnitures for the new site for our
company located in Ghana, West Africa.

Please could you give me the run down price of Black Leather Executive EZ
Chairs and executive desks, so i could purchase them as requested by our
contrators.

Due to the urgent need of this item, we would like you to talk to our
shipping company that has been handling our materials for sometime now here
in Ghana as we would not want to be overcharged by them.
expressliningshipping@hotmail.com

Their phone number is: +233274243609 and emal contact is:
latexhome@gmail.com rolandhayfordlatexhomeincorporations@hotmail.com
The Contact Person is Mr. Emah Jackson.
I will be very grateful if my inquiry and request is considered with top
priority.

The delivery address is stated below

SHIPPING ADDRESS:
Porte C44,
Faladia Sema
Village Can
Kumasi - Ghana

Hope to hear from you soon

Thank You.
Yours Sincerely
Roland hayford

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