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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.
  • barrialex3@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: peter ugonma <pe_ugonma35@hotmail.fr>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:44:17 +0100
Subject: LETTER OF COMPENSATION



I wish to inform you that I concluded this transaction suscessfully with an LONDON lady and I am currently residing in London with my family. I want to inform you I would like to compensate you with the sum of US$950,000.00 for your efforts in trying to assist me with this transaction but later it did not work out between us.I dropped the (cheque in bank draft) with my secretary named
Barri Alex Uchesin. I did this out of sympathy for your efforts and I hope you will be satisfied afterall,despite the fact that you did not believe me.I advise you to contact him immediately through his e-mail address: barrialex3@yahoo.fr for the delivery of the bank draft to you.I hope you will have a nice life with my token of compensation for your efforts and God bless you.
RegardsPeter Ogonma
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