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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.
  • ha_moh3@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Hassan
Reply-To: ha_moh5@yahoo.ca
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:31:43 +0200
Subject: PIS URGENT,


From Hassan Mohamand,

Good Day Can you claim USD$15.500,000 (FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED =
THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS.) that will be under your control in your country? =
that belongs to my late Father Mr.Aziz Mohamand who died in an =
accident.This amount will be transferred to your personal account as soon as =
I receive your reply indicating your interest and ability to handle, this.

Emailing me back with your full details of whom you are.I will let you know =
the full details of this immediately you indicate your interest and also =
the necessary documents regarding the fund will be forwarded to you =
immediately.

PLS REPLY ME WITH THIS PRAVET EMAIL ha_moh3@yahoo.ca
Thank you.
Regards,

Anti-fraud resources:

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