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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 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.
  • mark_camara009@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mark_camara@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 20:57:19 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?EMAIL=20FROM=20MARK?=

(PLS REPLY BACK TO MY YAHOO ID BELOW)
mark_camara009@yahoo.com

Greeting to you,

It is my pleasure to contact you, hope you are fine. I am Mark
Camara from Zimbabwe but Presently now in Ghana, I am contacting you in
respect of my consignment box in London,which I want you to assist me and
stand as my foreign beneficiary
to receive my fund over there your country, this fund am writing you about
is $12.5million US.Dollars which my late father deposited with the security
company as a consignment here in Ghana for safe keeping before, which he
will be using for foreign investment.

But his sudden and untimely death never allow him to execute things as planned
and the real content was not declared as it
was kept as photographic equipment for security and safety reason, this
consignment is now in London with delivery officer.

My foreign partner Mr. John Donald who was suppose to receive this consignment
in London have a car accident and presently
is late, that was why me and my mother have to search for another Beneficiary
who is serious and honest with whom we can
associate with, and also entrust our inheritance.

We are willing to give you 20% of the total fund involve for your assistance,
and the delivery officer in charge of this
consignment in London , is ready to make the delivery to your destination
as soon as you indicate your interest, you will
send to me this information require like your passport photograph, your
home address, including your telephone number, for verification and delivery
purpose so that i can give you the number of the delivery officer in London,
waiting to hear from you for more detail.


Thanks
Mark Camara

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