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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447040117951 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Kharl Hoffman" <kharlhoffman02@msn.com>
Reply-To: karlhoffmanm@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:50:17 +0000
Subject: First Enquiry

Tel: 44-704-0117951
Fax: 44-870-1330353

Dear Sir,

Re:Investable Project

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I represent a deceased client's family(name withheld) whom I may wish
to engage your service in the transfer and management of his deposit fund
for any profitable investment/estate in your business viable country.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, please get back to me, so that we can
work out a remuneration for your participation in the transaction,and also
let you know on how we hope to acheive this objective.

Please you can kindly send your personal data information and phone numbers
for further details through


Yours Faithfully,
Karl Hoffman
First Enquiry

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