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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • mmr_danielcole@k.ro

Fraud email example:

From: "Daniel Cole" <daniel_cole44@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mmr_danielcole@fastermail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:06:16 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED

Dear friend

Greetings to you in the name of our heavenly God.This mail might come to you
as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into
your mind; but please, consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep
sense of humility.

My name is Daniel Cole.I'm a 65 years old man. I am american living in Dubai
(UnitedArab Emirate). I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai. I
was also married with two children. My wife and two children died in a
september 11 ,plane
bomb blast that happen in america four years ago.

Before this happened my business and concern for making money was all I
lived for. I never really cared about other values in life. But since the
loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families. I
have been helping orphans in orphanage/ motherless homes. I have donated
some money to orphans in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon,
Brazil,Spain,Austria,Germany
and some Asian countries.

Before I became ill, I kept $15 Million in a long-term deposit account in a
finance company.Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing
treatment for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my
Doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.

It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity
organizations.Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my
wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this
huge responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to
help me collect the deposit and the interest accrued from the company and
distributes it amongst
Hurricane Katrina victims.

Use your judgement to distribute the money and feel free to reimburse
yourself when you have the money for any cost you incure during the process
of collecting and distributing the money to Hurricane Katrina victims in
america.I'm willing to offer you a reward If you are willing to help; please
reply as soon as you can to my alternate email. mmr_danielcole@k.ro

May the good Lord bless you and your family

Regards,

Daniel Cole.

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