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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:
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: dc1654hg@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:01:37 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Re: Re:SEND YOUR DETAILS/REFERNCE FOR INWARD INVESTMENT


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



- A floating deficit has being discovered in our account with a bank in Europe and seek to transfer this money abroad for investment purpose.We appreciated to use your person and company to claim the fund and to present you to the bank as our contractor who did the servicing and maintenance of the oil pipeline in sao tome whom his payment has being over due and willing to invest the sum of $35m in your company/country after you make the claim as our interest is in companies with potentials for rapid growth in long terms, I am Assunção Fernandes, the Chairman of the Finance Committee on public accounts of the Democratic Republic Of Sao Tome and Principe (a small oil rich island ) please do contact me for more details for i will be in Europe now for this Purpose.

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