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

Fraud email example:

From: "collins" <allenbrown2006@mchsi.com>
Reply-To: collinssmithloaninvestment@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:43:51 +0000
Subject: {Spam?}



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COLLINS FINANCIAL COMPANY.
Ref: GSLI /101/231/0460037/07
Batch: 0077/00183/GSI

COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON TO YOU FROM MY DESK,

If you are in need of loan, in your next email,
we want you to tell us know how much you need as
loan, and fill your full
personal data, in the borrowers information below,
so we can start
immediate screening of your data, and get the ball
rolling,as our loan
takes a maximum of 2 to 3working days, to get to
approved customers across
the globe.Send these information below to this email

E-Mail Address:collinssmithloaninvestment@gmail.com

REGARDS,
Collins Smith Loan Agency.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam