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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • gofficedocument112@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: "=?big5?q?MR.BOB=20KATIE.?=" <officedocument112@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: bob_katie08@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 06:35:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE: CORDIAL..


§Ú¦³·sªº¹q¶l¦a§}¡I§A²{¥i¹q¶lµ¹§Ú¡Gofficedocument112@yahoo.com.hk



- Dear Sir/Madam.I want you to assist me and my partner to receive a package which we are working on how to move it out of our country down to your country, and we promise to give you 30% of the package.We only need:(1)Your full name(2)Your address(3)Mobile Telephone number(4)Your occupation.(5)Your Aged/sex.The flight that will be leaving with the package will be leaving this weekend that is why we need your assistance for us to make sure the package leaves immediately.The content of the package is $12.5 million U.S dollars only.We work with (Sell Bonny Light Crude Oil Ephesos Petroleum Ltd)Please we are sorry if we have offended you for the assistance I wait your reply with the informations so that we will deposit it with your name as the rightful beneficiary and after that we give you the:Goods Number, Code, and the Tracking Number.Hoping to hear from you.Thanks and God bless us, MR. BOB KATIE

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