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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • drbarthlomew2@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Barthlomew Houngheji <drbarthlomew2@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 06:11:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: gold dust offers:






dear=A0Sir.
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How are you today?. I am Dr.Barthlomew , 37 years old. A citizen of
GHANA, Africa.Our community have 450kgs of gold dust for
sales. We are local miners from in GHANA. I am here in Cotonou, Benin
Republic west Africa looking for a serious buyer of the gold dust.
Below are the offers:
Commodity : Gold dust (AU)
Origin : GHANA
Quantity : 450KGS
Quality : 23 carat +
Purity : 93 %
Price :$18.500 per each kg.
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Also we can supply Copper wire scrap from Benin Republic
For further informations please kindly contact below contacts me bellow.
E-mail:(drbarthlomew2@yahoo.com
=A0
=A0Regards.
Dr.Barthlomew

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