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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "% will be for you" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • kovosfamily001@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.Francis Kovos <kovfam73@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <kovosfamily001@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:43:00 +0200
Subject: REPLY



Dear Friend,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but considering the recent political instabilities in my country, I believe one has to risk confiding in success sometimes in life.
There is this huge amount of Twelve million U.S dollars ($12,000,000.00) which my late Father deposited in Europe awaiting claim before he was assassinated by unknown persons during this present war in dafur sudan. Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. I want you to help me retrieve this money for onward transfer to any designated bank account of your choice for investment purposes on these areas below:

1) Telecommunication2) Transport Industry 3) Mechanised agriculture.4} Estate investment

We have to nagotiate on what will be offered to you for assisting me to handle this project while 25% will be for you annually from the profit of the partnership company we are to establish.Pleaase, read more on the newswww.savedarfur.org

I wait for your kind consideration to my plight.

PlS RESPOND THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL BELOW FOR URGENT RESPONSE:kovosfamily001@myway.com
Best Regards,Mr.Francis Kovos
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