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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.
  • mrdja12@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Donald Jun Ahn." <mrdonald121@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrdja12@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 16:14:09 +0400 (MUT)
Subject: ATTENTION NEEDED




rom: Mr. Donald Jun Ahn
Date: 7th Oct 2008

Hi, my name is Mr. Donald Jun Ahn, of Development Bank of Singapore (DBS).
A foreigner with thesame last name as yours, died here in Singapore, twelve
years ago leaving behind an estate/capital (US$12.8M) here in DBS.

The Investor died intestate, no body came forward all these years. I,
working with you can secure the funds in the account for us instead of
allowing
the Government of Singapore secure it as unclaimed, 20% of the total funds
for
your part in this transaction.

Reply with your FULL NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, TELEPHONE NUMBER, FAX NUMBER AND
CONTACT ADDRESS if you can cooperate.

Get back to me via my alternative email:mrdja12@hotmail.com

Thanks,

Donald Jun Ahn.

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