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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.
  • aliu.r2007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: First NameRabi Aliu <aliu.r2007@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:06:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY


I am Mrs. Rabi Aliu, the wife of Mr. Idris Aliu, I am a citizens of
Tunisian. My husband worked with the Chevron/Texaco in Russia for before
he died in the year 2004 my husband deposited the sum of 7.5 Million Euros
with a Bank in Europe.this money is still with the Bank and the
management just wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been
DORMANT and if I do not re-activate the account;the funds will be
CONFISCATED(note that you need to activate this account)I'm in a hospital in
Russia undergoing treatment for cancer.Stand-in as the
beneficiary:

Please reply to me through my private yahoo box aliu.r2007@yahoo.com
aliu.r2007(at) yahoo(dot) com



Thanks and Remail Bless

Rabi Aliu



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