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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.
  • evettgeorge7@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Evette George" <evettgeorge8@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:37:51 +0200
Subject: Hello


Hello,
Good day my dear.How are you doing over there.Hope fine.in a short way, my
name is Evette.From west africa.I am a young single pretty girl,A girl that
never married.I am a member of these dating site.i see your profile here and
i
think that you will mash my type.Pls write me back through this my mail
contact at (evettgeorge7@gmail.com) so that i will give you full explanation
of myself.Here Waiting to see your quick reply in my mailbox.thanks from,
Evette.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam