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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • lovepeters36@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lovelyn189@yahoo.co.jp" <lovelyn189@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: lovepeters36@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:49:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From: MISS LOVELYN PETERS

Dearest One,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my brother Jones, intend to establish in your country.
Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding to succeed sometimes in life.

There is this huge amount of ($35,500,000.00) which my
late Father deposited in a Bank here in cote d'ivoire before he died in a ghastly motor accident. He was a well known Contractor, supplying Chemicals to Companies and Hospitals.


Now I and my brother have decided to invest this money in your country for security and political reasons.

Our area of interest will be on Real Estate, Hotel, or Petroleum business. Since l do not know your country, and you are the one who knows it very well, l will be glad to welcome your expert advise on the above subject.

Finally, we want you to help us transfer it into your personal account for a good and reliable bussiness investment in your country and arrange for travelling documents for us to meet you there.

If you can be of assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 18% Of the total fund or more as we may later agree upon.

I await your soonest response:lovepeters36@yahoo.com
Yours Sincerely,


Miss Lovelyn Peters






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