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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.
  • omar011hassan@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "omar hassan" <omar400hassan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:24:39 +0000
Subject: Hello


Good day ,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise however
it's just my urgent need for a reliable foreign
partner that made me contact you for this transaction.


I am a banker by profession from Burkina Faso and
currently holding the post of Accounts and Auditing
Manager in our bank .
I have the opportunity of transferring 7.8 million USD
abandoned by a deceased customer who died along with
his wife in a sucide bomb attack while on holidays in
Egypt.

Hence, I am inviting you for a business deal where
this money can be shared between us 60/40 if you agree
to my business proposal. If you are interested in
being part of this transaction , kindly reach on my
private and confidential email address :
omar011hassan@yahoo.com

Eagerly waiting for your response may god bless you.
OMAR HASSAN

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