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

Fraud email example:

From: "carmenotega70@terra.es" <carmenotega70@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 17:13:41 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Very Urgent!!


Dear Partner,

My name Jose Antonio Borico, an Attorney at Law, a national of Equatorial Guinea, practicing in Spain.

I am wiritng to notify you of the unclaimed inheritance deposit of our late client who passed on to the Great beyond in March 11, 2004 in the Madrid Bomb Blast.

During my search for the relatives and next of kin to the deceased, I got your name after an unsuccesfull search and since you share the same family name, I decided to contact you so that you can work with me to claim this deposit.

Please revert back to me urgently with your telephone and fax numbers for more information on the amount of inheritance, procedure and legality of this claim via this email address: joseantonioboricoesq@yahoo.es. I will furnish you with my direct Telephone/Fax numbers as we progress.

Regards,

Jose Antonio Borico
Attorney At Law






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