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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.
  • contactp02@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: contactp02 <contactp02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: desmonddukor@live.com
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:19:24 -0800
Subject: Payment Notification


Attn: Beneficiary,

The African Union have been having so many complains from people who have
been scammed around the world and after our meeting with members of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), we came to a conclusion that payment for
compensation will be made immediately without further delay to victims of
this scam.

With the help of United States Government, United Nations, and the European
Union, the fund has now been approved for payment US$10.5millon .

We are therefore contacting you directly as thelisted recipient to the fund
with all formalities to the payment made in yourname as soon as you respond
for fast completion of this payment excise. We willwait your response to
enable give you more information on this Forward to youthis information Your
FULL NAME: YOUR ADDRESS: YOU'RE TELE/FAX NUMBER: YOUROCCUPATION AND YOUR
IDENTIFICATION CARD PASSPORT OR NATIONAL ID CARD.,
<Contactp02@gmail.com>
Thanks.

General Amy Allen

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