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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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • jamesmurray012@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: quilihue <quilihue@neunet.com.ar>
Reply-To: jamesmurray012@googlemail.com
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:26:23 +0130
Subject: Dear Inheritor,


Dear Inheritor,

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Lieutenant
William Evan Crawford Allan, I once again try to notify you as my earlier
letter was returned undelivered.

I wish to notify you that Late Lieutenant William Evan Crawford Allan
made you a beneficiary in his WILL. He left the sum of Six Million, Two
Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars to you in the Codicil and last
testament to his WILL. Please if I am able to reach you as I am hopeful,
kindly endeavour to get back to me sooner, so as to enable me conclude my
job.Please Confirm your Full Name and Address, so that we can be sure we
have actually contacted the Real Inheritor.Send your reply to me on my
personal email address which is (jamesmurray012@googlemail.com)

Yours in Service,
Mr.James Murray

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