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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031819633 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: ATLANTIS MINING COMPANY <at_mine_1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <r_akill@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:36:40 +0000
Subject: ATLANTIS MINING COMPANY LTD



Dear Sir, The above name company is Gold Mining Company inGhana known as ATLANTIS MINING COMPANY LTD in theEastern Region of Ghana and in rural area calledSubrisu. We have currently available in stock Au Gold Dust of22.06 carats + purity and can deliver to Amsterdam andLondon on CIF.We have currently available 200 kgs of Au Gold Dust inAmsterdam.
We entreat your esteemed outfit to humble reply usto know your position in this proposal we have sentyou. It would interest us to have you as our majortrading partners in gold exporting business and Oursupply capacity is 150 kgs per month on contractbasis.
Buyer's are giving the chance to send the Au Gold Dustto their chosen refinery in Europe before payment iseffected into sellers nominated bank accounts and noupfront money is required
Atlantis Mining Company Ltd,wish to considerableenter into long lasting business relationship with youand hope we favorable hear from you. Best Regards, Nana Asare, Atlantis Mining Company. Hse # 204 Mile 7, New - Achimota. Accra-Ghana. Tel:+233 275 230985Fax:+233 21 400043Te:+44 703 1819633 (London)


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