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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: "=?utf-8?q?Mr.=20John=20Stuck?=" <johnstuckx@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: johnstuck@live.com
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:10:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: UK-LOTTERY: WINNING NOTIFICATION
¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:johnstuckx@yahoo.com.co
- - Your email address has won $4.6M from UK Lottery on line draws held on the 29th of July 2008 Lucky Number: MX014926583. Contact Mr.JOHN STUCK with your oficial name, country, address, sex, tel, date of on (johnstuck@live.com) delivery of your cheque.
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