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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "huge amount of money" (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.
  • chechencheche@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Chechen Lindstrom" <bintababy84@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: chechencheche@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:44:58 +0000
Subject: Help, Support , Assistance



Dear Sir/Madam,
I inherited a huge amount of money from my late father,I wrote you inorder to solicite for your help and assistance with hope You will understand my situation. My name is
( Miss Chechen Lindstrom ) I am 25 years old from the republic of Kenya in Africa,
Now i am seeking refuge in Dakar Senegal under the Unite Nation High Commission For Refugees (UNHCR).My (late) father Dr.Daniel Windstorm,was the managing director Maltex Oil Ltd (Kenya) in (Nairobi) KENYA. But he was killed along side with my senior brother during the longing civil war by rebels and all our properties was totally destroyed.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1697809.stm>
<http://www.imcworldwide.org/>

However,after their death and burial I managed to escape with a very important document's (DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE)of(us$15.5m) Fifteen million Five hundred thousand us$,
this document's indicated me as the Next of Kin .Meanwhile,I am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foreign personality or an organization to help me transfer the money over to his/her country with the intention of investing it in a business under his/her directives and supervisions,because I have no knowledge of investment.
Please if you are so kind as to assist me I shall send to you all vital information's for your confirmation regarding the financial house where the fund was lodged. I am giving you this offers as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist me as your daughter and manage the money in my behalf until such a time I am able to stand on my feet.
I will be happy to hear from you.
please respond me back through my respond E-mail (chechencheche@yahoo.com)

Thanks
Miss Chechen Lindstrom

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1697809.stm>
<http://www.imcworldwide.org/>

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam