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

Fraud email example:

From: sophy augustus <sophytus4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <cornellyamalar@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:52:22 +0000
Subject: THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES!


Dear Good Friend,I am much delighted and privileged to Contact youagain. It takes faith, courage and fear of God toremember old friends and show gratification for thetime shared together in the past irrespective of thecircumstances that punctuated our intension toactualize things. I take this liberty to inform youthat the transaction we were pursing together hasfinally worked out by God's infinite mercy and favour.I decided to contact you to let you share from thegood news and help me in thanking God for theabundance grace and favour that are flowing and moving allover me.I am happy to inform you that I am in Trinidad andTobago for numerous business negotiations andinvestments. I arrived on 10th of last month where Iam under going intensive Property and Capitalinvestment project with the foreign firm that helpedme in realizing this transaction. In appreciation of your dogged efforts towards my proposal, I have raised a dulysigned, sealed, and Certified International Bank Cheque,to the tune of USD$850,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTYTHOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) only in your name asCOMPENSATION for your dedication, humility andcontribution in the past.You are required to contact my secretary in London atthe below contact address.Rev.Cornelly Amalar 15 Killburn Highroad, LondonE-mail: cornellyamalar@yahoo.com He will advise you further about the shipment of thecheck to your Residence Address/Office Address.Urgent response shall be appreciated.Sincerely Yours,Sophy Augustus.
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