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

Fraud email example:

From: "hao oinaon" <gonai39@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 22:39:51 +0100
Subject: Bonjour


Salut Monsieur,
Ceci est le fils dernièrement M Ismair Joshua, mon père était un homme
d'affaires très riche, il a été tué par quelques hommes de fusil inconnue à
côté d'avec notre mère, nous sommes en ce moment au Cameroun sous le refuge
et nous avons la somme de $3,8 millions de dollars qui faisait partie de
reste de biens de mon père. Moi et ma sœur a proposé l'idée d'investir
l'argent dans votre pays, nous souhaitons demander votre assistance, afin de
nous aider comme nous connaissons personne.
Nous aurons besoin de votre aide pour nous diriger comment nous pouvons
investir les fonds dans votre pays et nous voulons vous donner 30% du
fonds. Merci de me contacter pour plus de détails sur mon email.
ismairpatel@yahoo.com
Merci
Ismair Patel
Tel : +23779677551

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