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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.
  • precelia_love4u@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: preceliawikins <preceliawikins@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:45:25 +0000
Subject: HI DEAR!


Hi Dear,
Compliments of the season!
It is a great privilege to be opportune in reaching you, my name is Precelia
Wilkins, I am 26 years old girl in search of a matured man who understands
love, trust and faith rather than seeing it as a way of fun, a man with
sense of humour and open minded. I am interested in having a mutual
relationship based on true and genuine love, I will also like to know you
the more, if you don't mind, do please send an email to my email address: *
precelia_love4u@yahoo.co.uk* so that I can send you more details about my
self including my picture.

Please do bear in mind that Love has no colour barrier nor educational back
ground, religious, language, nationality or distance barrier, the only
important thing there is love. Hope to hear from you as soon as you are in
receipt of this message!

Regards,
Precelia.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam