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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.
  • estrelladiez@terra.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " PROPOSAL"<estrelladiez@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:58:58 +0200
Subject: PROPOSAL

Am a departmental head with a Financial house in Spain, i need your help in transfering some funds left behind by a late customer of us that died with his entire family , before the fund is declared unserviceable and confiscated to government coffers. All attempt by us to trace any member of his family has proved unsuccessful and abortive till this moment am sending this mail to you. I will give you more information upon your response to this proposal, to my Email address. Email: estrelladiez@terra.es. Faithfully yours, HOD

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