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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.
  • calleresse@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CARINE LOUXAMBER <carole.vidal5@free.fr>
Reply-To: CARINE LOUXAMBER <calleresse@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:52:49 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CORRESPONDANCE+ AMITIER


Salut mon correspondant





Si aujourd'hui mon message de correspondance est adressé à vous malgré
cette différence d'âge par rapport à vous ,c'est parce que j'ai voulu
avoir plus de relation pour les échanges d'idée ,de propos, pour
discuter, dialoguer et que sais je encore. On m'appelle Carine
Louxamber, je suis Canadienne âgée de 35 ans et mère de deux enfants.Je
suis déléguée Médicale à Laval. Je serai heureuse de savoir que vous
avez accepter ma correspondance.



Merci de m'écrire et de me faire connaître votre pays et aussi de m'ajouter à vos contact: calleresse@yahoo.fr



J'attends ta reponse et puis je t'embrasse très fort

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