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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447045706972 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: achum victor <achum.victor1@msn.com>
Reply-To: <fidelity.hotels2008@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:54:23 +0000
Subject: JOB OPPORTUNITY IN LONDON CITY,CONTACT US FOR MORE DETAILS URGENT
REPLY



THE FIDELITY HOHELSThis is the Fidelity hotel uk, we the fidelity hotels has offered some job opportunities both from international and local level.Our hotel has recruited many individuals both from locally and internationally,and we have gauranteed that our staffs will be offerd some residential appartmaent here in london city.There are many opportunities for you to have a jobs here, we accommodate people from anykind of country you may come from but,you must know how to speak,read and write english language.For you to know about our salary payment:please kindly reply to thisEmail address: Fidelity.hotels2008@yahoo.co.ukSigned by managing directorFor callsPhone# +447045706972

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