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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • kamenamis@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:07:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE PLEASE


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: kamenamis@yahoo.com



- AS-SALAAM-ALEIKUM Please consider this message important and forgive me for any inconvinience it may couse to you Which ever way you may look at it , may it please you to respond either negatively or possitively so that i will know what next to do.I am Miss, KAMA M Hamid , thirty years of age ,a Congolese by nationality,Iam the only daughter with my senior brother Abdul, to Late Chief Engr. M Hamid Bamba the former supretendent of Katanga area diamond mining in the south west region of democratic republic of Congo, in central Africa.I lost my mother to death by child birth at age of ten years.On jully 16th 1999 ,My father was assaninated by the Rebel Force during due to the civil war in our country,Leaving behind his glass and ceramic industriy Hanamco industries ltd located in Accra Republic of Ghana, sales representatives/distributive agents of of Hanamco Industries in the VIETNAM, (www.hanamco.com) . in the control of my senior brother Abdul.Some years after the death of our father, my brother turned agaist me,trying to sell me to men of his choice in the name of marriage, denying me all the rights of my father's wealth, engaged himself in womanizing,alchoholism and drugging, everything turned bad, fighting and querelling all the time that finally made him to impose a treat of assination on me.To liberate myself from this danger of frustration and being assasinated by own blood brother, i made it possible to get way with the sum of 2.85m USD in safe box when he was out on new year holidays.I came down to Lome , republic of Togo and deposited the fund in our security finance company for safe keeping, As i have no friend or brother abraod while i am in danger, iam sincerely contacting you to help me get out the fund from the security finance company to your account, as i deposited it not in my name but in the name of my late father's company business partner abroad to claim to avoid suspicions on how i got that sum of money.if you will be capable to assist me get out the fund from the security company for transfer to your account, then you invite me to come ,invest and live in your country as a business partner or any way you want it providing i immediately get out of this place before i will be traced by my wicked brother, please let me know.I promise an honest offer of 10 percent of the total fund after the transaction. if you for Gods sake accept to help me, as iam not safe here .I am waiting in hope for your positive reponse.Yours Sincerely,Miss Kama Hamid Bamaba

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