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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.
  • bintusm_01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM BINTU_USMAN@yahoo.com" <bintusm_02@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: bintusm_01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:32:10 +0000
Subject: hello dear

Hello Dear,
My name is Miss Bintu Usman, I got your contact details during my
searching for a honest and caring person
and I'm interested in knowing you more,
your marital status and your profession.
I would appreciate if we get acquinted as soon as possible,
i have something serrious to discuss with you, you can reach me
through
my private e-mail stated below so that we can get to know each other
better.
My private email (bintusm_01@yahoo.co.uk)
I quite believe that we can move from here since it takes one to know
someone.
I want you to understand that race,colour or distance does not matter
but love and caring matters a lot in life.
I look forward to hearing more from you soonest.
Yours truly,
Bintu.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam