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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.
  • agent_08@execs.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mike john" <execs_8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: agent_08@execs.com
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:22:56 +0000
Subject: EXECS WINNERS......

Execs Charity Promotions,
Schalktorrenstraat 673b,
8921CH,Nijmegen.
The Netherlands.

Ticket No;627462128TW,

It gives me great joy to acknowledge you as the recipient of Execs
Charity Promotions yearly draw,held on 2nd day of june ,2006
You have therefore emerged as a recipient of the third award of two
hundred and fifty thousand american dollars in this annual end of
year promo.

Revenue for this programme is derived from the financing from non-
governmental agencies and major multinational firms cut across the
european community.

In compliance with the sponsoring bodies',you are to make a
remittance of a part of your won fund,not lower than 10-percent,after
receiving your allocation.

Please,liase with the designated supervisory agent, Mabel Garrison
(Mrs) via ; agent_08@execs.com

Congratulations once more,

Charis Alberts
Info.Dir.11

NB:Kindly indicate your Ticket No in your reply.

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