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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • alisdonapavon5@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "donna alisa" <alisadonna011@norilsk.tv>
Reply-To: alisdonapavon5@hotmail.fr
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 01:37:05 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASISSTANCE


Dear Sir/madam,

I am Mrs Alisa Donna from serrie-lone writing you from Cotonou, I beleive by
God's grace I got your contact in confidence After asking for God's
directions,Despart I never disclose why I needed your contact to any body.

I wish to know if you can assist us in by removing and handling both our
fund of FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES
DOLLARS)US.$5.500.000.00.and investPresently in your land of business,the
fund and gold is still in the Security Company,where my late husband
deposited it for safe keeping and my husband never disclosed the content to
the Security Company, he only decleard it as "personal/family
treasure"because he donot want the company to know the content of the box's.

Since you are involved in associated business in your country, I and my son
will love if we will invest our fund in your business and you help us look
for a buyer of gold over there, because we do not know any body overseas,and
we don' t want to do anything here in Africa.

I and my son are in need of a God fearing person who will assist us very
well in this fund that we are about to invest overseas, where we will invest
it properly with the person's advice.Actually I do not want involvement of
any African because of our safty,they killed my husband becouse of his
money.If you can assist us receive this fund, kindly send to me your phone
number with fax,and your full name and address for us to get you approved as
our beneficiary,because we want to finalize this in five or six days from
today.

Please let me know if you are interested to assist us so that I will send to
you phone number of my son for you to call him and discuss on the
percentage.

HERE IS MY PRIVATE EMAiI; alisdonapavon5@hotmail.fr

1. Full Name...........
2. Phone And Fax Number ...........
3. Address ............
4. Your Age And Current Occupation ........
5. your resident ...................
Yours faithfully,

From sister alisa donna

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