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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.
  • fccb1000@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <jacmane01@centrum.cz>
Date:
Subject: Appeal in confidence / Jac Mane

=A0 Appeal in confidence / Jac Mane
Email:fccb1000@yahoo.ca
Hello Dear,=20
I am Mr Jac Omar=A0 Mane from Guinea Bissau but I am residing in Ivory =
Coast in Africa. It is my desire to contact you with honesty and sincer=
ity in my heart to assist me in claiming the sum of $9,000,000(Nine Mil=
lion United States Dollars) I inherited from my late=A0 father General =
Mane to your country for investment. I am motivated in contacting you a=
nd hoping to gradually build trust, relationship and confidence in you =
as I get to know you better.=20
Please I want to know if you will be of assistance to me in claiming ou=
t this money from the security holding house but first I want to know y=
ou better. I am willing to offer you $1,600,000(One Million Six Hundred=
Thousand United States Dollars) for your effort and assistance input a=
fter the successful transfer of this money also help me to invest the m=
oney in your country into a good business venture. Please Indicate your=
interest towards this appeal by assisting me send your phone and addre=
ss so that I can communicate with you at any time.=20
I will be waiting for your response.=20
Thanks
Jac=A0 Omar=A0 Mane

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