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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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• 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.
  • iordane.pkh1954@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "IORDANE PK"<pmessage99@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <iordane.pkh1954@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:52:41 -0700
Subject: LETTER FROM PKHAKADZE I.

Attn: Please,

I am Iordane Pkhakadze,an engineer and a citizen of Georgia who works in an oil corporation in Kuwait.

I am contacting you based on the information I gathered from a friend of mine who knows little about your company.I have a very good business deal that requires serious attention and which I would like to partner with you.

This business worths millions of dollars,the details of which I may not disclose yet until I receive your revert email,indicating your interest/willingness to participate, in view of high level of confidentiality required of business deal of this nature.

I will give you full details about this deal for your appraisal including the amount of money involved as soon as I receive your revert email.The original copy of my International Passort may also be sent to you to build trust/confidence if I am convinced of your seriousness.

Therefore,kindly revert to me via my private email address below for detailed information on this deal which will highly benefit us if you are interested:(iordane.pkh1954@gmail.com)

Thank you for your time and kind attention.

Regards,

IORDANE PKHAKADZE

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