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

Fraud email example:

From: MISS NANDY WILLIAMS <nandy_williams01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <missnandywilliams@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:57:57 -0400
Subject: Hello my dearest new friend



Hi dearest friend,
how are you today? i hope that every things is ok with you as is my great pleassure to contact you in having communication with you, please i wish that you will have the desire with me so that we can get to know each other better and see what happened in future.
I will be very happy if you can write me through my email for easiest communication and to know all about each other, and also give you my pictures, here is my email (missnandywilliams@yahoo.com ) i will be waiting to hear from you as i wish you all the best for your day.
yours new friend.Miss Nandy.
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