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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:

• 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.
  • chrisjames172@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: <davidwhite0@centrum.cz>
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:51:29 +0100
Subject: Hello My Good Friend,


Hello My Good Friend,

 

I'm very happy to inform you that i have trans fered those funds, with help of a friend from Australia,I appreciate your efforts to help me though we couldn't realizeit together,
I kept $1,500.00.00 mus dollar in  a cashier check for your compensation.


 
Contact my Secretary chris james on his email below(chrisjames172@yahoo.fr) and provide him your full address for immediate sending of the check to you alright.Let me know when you get itforus to share the joy .I'm busy here with my investment projects that i have at hand now, I have forwarded instruction to him concerning your bank draft check,


 
Sothat he will send it to you with out any delay.

 

 

Yoursly,
david white

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