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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • ali_abbodud14@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: jimpeters@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:58:36 +0100
Subject: YOUR BANK DRAFT FUND.


Dear Friend,
I dont know if you will still remember me but all the same
due to the
urgency situation,I have no much time for long explanation,
hence I am
very happy to inform you about my success in getting the
fund
transferred with the help of Mr.Masayuki Hirato, a new partner
from
Japan.
My thanks to your earlier advice and assistant,meantime I
was able to
make available the total sum of (3, million euros) which I
kept with my
secretary on your behalf during my departure to Japan,I
want you to
contact him through the below information immediately;
Name
: Mr Ali Abbodud,
E-mail:(ali_abbodud14@yahoo.fr)
Ask him to send you
the international certified cashier bank bond which
I kept for your
compensation,I have giving him the instruction on your
behalf,so you are
expected to contact him now with your receiving
address and phone number
to enable him send it to you.
please do not fail t o ca ll on him
immediately you receive this
message and update me as soon as you
receive the cash bond from him because i
may not have time to reach you
again due to my tight schedule over
here.

Best Regards,
Dr.Jim
Peter.

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