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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:02:11 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR....We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners .
Spam detection software, running on the system "geezemail.com", has
identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message
has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label
similar future email. If you have any questions, see
the administrator of that system for details.
Content preview: FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL/PRIZE
AWARD DEPT CONTACT ADDRESS:NO,144 GLOBAL AVENUE VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS NIGERIA.
WINNING NUMBERS:37-13-43-85-67-11.BV [...]
Content analysis details: (11.0 points, 5.0 required)
pts rule name description
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-1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP
3.1 UNCLAIMED_MONEY BODY: People just leave money laying around
0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message
2.3 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME parts
1.0 KAM_LOTTO2 Highly Likely to be a e-Lotto Scam Email
1.0 KAM_LOTTO1 Likely to be a e-Lotto Scam Email
2.6 ADVANCE_FEE_2 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
2.4 ADVANCE_FEE_3 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
0.0 ADVANCE_FEE_4 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
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