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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.
  • l_thompson333@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lilian thompson" <l_thompson333@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: l_thompson111@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:49:09 +0200
Subject: Hi

Hai,
I have the feeling that this piece of mail will reach you in a perfect state of mind and in a better healthy codition. While searching through I came accross your profile and decided to contact you. I believe and also have the feeling that in todays world, neither race, nationality nor religion will any longer posse a barrier to male/female relationships.And i also believe that age has nothing to do with true and real love relationship.
What i believe is love and honest, Although, we do not know each other well but I will really like to have you as a friend or pen pal if that is better for you.I am a single lady of 25years old, currently studing international relations at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), a citizen of the United States of America residing in Los Angeles with my parents, brothers and sisters. Presently, I am doing my final year in the University and so anncious to graduagate from the University into the free world.
While I hope to hear from you soon,I also look forward to receiving some information concerning you, your family, country and even your personal life experiences.
This will give us the opportunity of knowing each other better and be able to understand ourselves more.
Please write me back with my private email: l_thompson333@yahoo.com <mailto:l_thompson333@yahoo.com> May God bless you as I wait to hear from you soon.
Thanks.
Yours lilian thompson

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