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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • rukan_rafa010@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rukan rafa <rukan_rafa12@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <rukan_rafa010@myway.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:08:23 +0000
Subject: I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR REPLY



Dear sir/mrs.I am Mrs Rukan rafa an Iraqi Woman, We are afamily of three,My husband and one of my sister are dead in the city as a result of the cold war going on in my country. Before the death of my husband , he deposited hugeamount of money with a Bank in Burkina Faso where he hadwanted us to go and live till the war is over. Now that my husband is dead ,I need a business partnerwho can help me to claim and use the fund hedeposited in Africa for business purposes any where .I will like you to keep this proposal as a top secretbecause of the fear that I might be killed if myGovernment happens to know about this ,based on the reason that my late husband was amongtheGovernment officials in Iraq. I am away from thecitywhere there no electricity and telephone communication ,you canonly reach me through E-mail. (rukan_rafa010@myway.com).I will be expecting to receive your positive responseto my proposal.Thanks for your anticipated helpMrs Rukan rafa.
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