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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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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.
  • miss.olgasatiukova@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3anedeljkovicsatiukova@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mrnedeljkovicsatiukova@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Olga Satiukova" <msmissolgasatiukova@gmail.com>
Reply-To: miss.olgasatiukova@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:28:42 +0700
Subject: OLGA SATIUKOVA'S EMAIL !


Dear friend,

l am Miss Olga Satiukova,a Russian National.

l write to inform you that I will want to invest the sum of $8M(Eight
Million United States Dollars) in your country. This money is in one of the
banks
in Europe and it belongs to me. My daddy deposited it in the bank with
my name when he was alive. He was a politician and a business man
in Russia.



lf this interest you, please indicate so that I will tell you
what to do in order to receive this money on my behalf's am in South
Africa at the moment but will fly down to your country as soon as you
are in possession of this money. My only brother by name Mr.Nedeljkovic
Satiukova is living in London and if things work out, both of us will
migrate to your country to meet with you. We are still schooling.



We will discuss the percentage when I hear from you.



Thank you and have a nice day.



Miss Olga Satiukova

Tel 27838737212

Fax 27865124652

*Email:miss.olgasatiukova@hotmail.com*<http://us.f385.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=miss.olgasatiukova@hotmail.com>



Mr.Nedeljkovic Satiukova

Tel
447031847038

Fax
448704716506

*Email:*<http://us.f385.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=Email%3Anedeljkovicsatiukova@yahoo.co.uk>
*mrnedeljkovicsatiukova@yahoo.com*<http://us.f385.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mrnedeljkovicsatiukova@yahoo.com>
* *<http://us.f385.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=Email%3Anedeljkovicsatiukova@yahoo.co.uk>

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam