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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)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • alan00532@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Alan Tyler" <alan.tyler222@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alan00532@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:14:39 +0000
Subject: Personal


Dear Friend,

Good day to you. I am sure This mail will definitely be coming to you as a
surprise,but i must crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you.

I am Lance Corporal Alan Tyler, an american soldier, currently serving
in the third infantry division in Iraq.

The reason why I am contacting you via this media is because it is
anonymous. I can't contact my friends and family back home as they are
listed as acquitances in my military file and to contact
them may compromise the confidentiality of this transaction.

I am currently in Kuwait on duty break. I and my partner, secretly moved
some abandoned cash in a mansion belonging to the former president,Saddam
Husein and the total cash is $25 Million USD.

As I write this letter to you, this box is here with me in cash as I
secretly moved it out of Iraq to Kuwait.

You do not have to be afraid of anything as no one else knows about this
and everything is safe. I would be pleased andgrateful to you if you could
assist us in receiving this box for us on your behalf as I will be heading
back soon to camp in Iraq to join my collegues. Of course, I will give you
some money for your efforts.

Moving the funds out of here is not going to be much of a problem as
arrangements are being made towards that.

All I want from you is your trust and assurance that if the box gets to
you, you can keep it in a safe place until our arrival.

I have to stop here for now. We have limited time now, kindly get back
to me immediately.

In God we trust, Below is my personal e-mail
address,alan00532@hotmail.com

Best Regards
Lance Corporal Alan Tyler

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