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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.
  • auduwinker0@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "auduwinker@terra.es" <auduwinker@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:57:35 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Act immediately


Act immediately concerning your money, I was sent here on off-shore inspection exercise with some bank officials, I am directly responsible for rounding off and reporting on all abandoned transactions over the years. I have just few days to do this. Be informed that your file is on
my desk and from the information in the file, it has been resolved that you are the beneficiary of the funds but it has not been transferred toyou due to inadequate transfer arrangement. You are hereby required to reply this email immediately, carefully including detailed information
with which the transfer should be processed; I need your telephone numbers for more effective communication. We apologize to you for the delay in this process. Vital note: Avoid any representative that has been handling this transaction for you in the past because the bank has noted some irregularities that may cause the confiscating of your funds ifyou continue using your former representatives here for the claims. You are hereby advised and warned to stop communicating and working with them at this point. Email me immediately so I help you through, feel free to ask questions if you have any.You may reach me with my alternative
email adress:auduwinker0@yahoo.com Best regards,Mr Audu Winker.





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