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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • info_desk112@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: LOI estrada <loi-112@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <info_desk112@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:46:25 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION:



from: MRS LOI ESTRADA.Dearest, Difficulties encountered in efforts to establish a business abroad necessitated this search for someone to assist me in securing and investing the sum of USD45,000,000 (forty-five million dollars) deposited in an escrow account with a finance management company in Europe. By way of summarized profile of myself, I am Senator Luisa Pimentel Estrada, a 75years old lady and the first wife of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (former head of state and President of Philippines) who is presently held in detention in a hospital outside manilla, Philippines.This money are in bonds and was kept in an escrow account of the finance company for safe keeping and I have all documents with me as of when it was deposited with the firm. However, the current administration of Gloria Arroyo (The President of Philippines) is seeking the death of my husband. In pursuit of this vendetta, the present Government have resolved to freeze all known assets,various bank accounts of Joseph Ejercito Estrada both home and abroad. You can find this on; http://latelinenews.com/ps/english/29432.shtmlhttp://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2001/0129/cover1.html In view of this grievous threat to our Economic and personal survival, our family trustee have secretly protected the deposit, you are to assist us to contact the Finance company in Europe to lay claims of the funds with the aid of legal documents that will be forwarded to you. In other to facilitate the transfer of the funds, you would be required to open a nonresidential transit account with your company name with the finance company if you are not residing in the country where the finance company is located. Note that telephone conversation will not be an ideal means of communication because our calls will be recorded. We are currently being catered for by the Government of Philippines in other to monitor and control our financial activities. In view of this plight, I expect you to be trustworthy and kind enough to respond to this distressed call to save our family from a hopeless future. And if you agree to help, we shall discuss the disbursement ratio in our next correspondence after we have been acquainted. Please note that email correspondence will be safer due to the fact that all our phone lines have been bugged. Sincerely yours, EMAIL: info_desk112@hotmail.com MRS. LOI ESTRADA.
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