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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.
  • stevfelix7@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
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Fraud email example:

From: STEVEN FELIX <stevfelix7@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 17:46:34 -0500
Subject: URGENT PLEASE





From: The Desk of Dr.Steven Felix.
The former Personal Assistance to
The General Manager of Standard Trust Bank (Nig) Plc
E-mail stevfelix7@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Sir,

Letter of Business Proposal

I am. Dr.Steven Felix the former personnel assistance to the General Manager of Standard Trust Bank (Nig) Plc. I want to inquire from you if you can handle this
transaction for mutual benefits/life opportunity for you and me. (30% for you, 60% for me and 10% to cover up any expenses that maybe incured during the
process of carryout the transaction.)

The transaction is about assisting me as my foreign counterpart to enable us present you as the Beneficiary of the $7.2million dollars left by our late deceased
foreign customer who died in a plane crash with his family (Mr. Donald M. Harrison) since April 27th 2003.

The Fund is currently in a suspense account awaiting claim, since the time the bank made a public notice that they are ready to release this fund to any of his
relative abroad. I will give you more details about the transaction when I receive your affirmative response via my email address stated above.

Meanwhile send me the Requirement:
(1) Names:
(2) Address:
(3) Country:
(4) Your Tel / Fax:
(5) Office Address:
(6) Age:
(7) E-Mail:
(8) Occupation:

I will get back to you, before we proceed to the next step.
Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully
Dr.Steven Felix

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