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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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • more_uche05@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: nnamudi benji <nnamudibenji03@hotmail.fr>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 03:54:54 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IMMEDIATELY.



Dear Good friend

I am very happy to inform you about my success ingetting that fund Now, I want you to contact mysecretary with this information below

NAME; Mr.MORE UCHE

EMAIL (more_uche05@yahoo.fr)ask him to send you the total sum of 850.000. eight hundred and fifty thousand US dollars in a bank draft, which I kept for your compensation. contact him on this

email(more_uche05@yahoo.fr) contact him immediately and let me know as soon as you recieve it ,so that we can share the joy together,i am very buisy here in Paragua for investment project with my own share Regards.Barrister Nnamudi Benji.
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