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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.
  • robina.johnson2222@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Robina Johnson <robina.johnson2222@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:40:02 -0500
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME.

I know this mail may have come to you as a surprise. But i believe God that as you read along side with faith, you will know the urgency of this mail and the emotion and sincerity involved. My name is Mrs Robina Johnson wife to late Clark Johnson who was murdered a few years back in the Niger Delta Creeks of Nigeria. As I mail you now, I lay dying of cancer of the Lungs. I need a reliable person to handle the funds my late husband and I saved up. If you have a heart for humanity and you know you can assist me, Please mail me back and I will give you further details and proofs on this. Please mail back as time is of essensce to me. Email, robina.johnson2222@gmail.com NB: PLEASE BE CAUTIONED ABOUT RECEIVING A SIMILIAR MAIL LIKE THIS FROM ANY ONE ELSE. AS I MAIL YOU NOW, SEVERAL OF THIS MAIL IS ALREADY FLOODING THE NET FROM FRAUDS CLAIMING TO BE ME. MY ISSUE WAS ON NATIONAL PAPERS AS SUCH IT HAS BECOME A MAJOR LOOPHOLE FOR SCAM ACTIVITIES. I AM MRS ROBINA JOHNSON AND THIS IS A MAIL FROM ME. Love Mrs Robina Johnson

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