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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.
  • amina_abdulghani_2007@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: amina gifty <amina5abd@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: amina_abd_2007@live.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:23:09 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: is Miss Amina


Hello Dear,

My name is Miss Amina Abdulghani 20 years old from
Darfur, Sudan now under (UNHCR) asylum protection with
my brother in Ghana because of the war in my country.

My father was killed along side with my mother during
the long civil war and his properties were totally
destroyed. However, after their death I managed to
escape with a
very important file of my father which stated that he
deposited fund with a private security vault.

The fund was registered, declared and deposited by my
father as family treasures for maximum security
reasons.

I would appreciate you to represent me and my brother
in withdrawing the fund and also help us invest in
profitable ventures since we have a limited knowledge
in the business world.
I need your friendship and trust to start living again
and put our horrible past behind us.
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=3060&l=1#C6
E-mail: amina_abdulghani_2007@hotmail.com
Thanks and God bless you.

Amina.



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