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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 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.
  • alexahmed72@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "philips adams" <philips.adams14@ig.com.br>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 10:22:48 +0200
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR ASSISTANT


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.Alex Ahmed,
E-mail:(alexahmed72@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 to call 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,

Mr Philips Adams

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