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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 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.
  • @yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Jun Shun" <junshun4444@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:08:27 +0000
Subject: Have yopu been contacted by the customer yet??.

Dear Ms Rolanda Frankmacher,

 

Good day and my Name is Mr.Jun Shun. from Shanghai Import and export company China, you are working with us as Representative in your region / country  Germany.

 

Your contact details has being furnished by you in some old mail you sent to my other official email box @yahoo.com.

 

Name : Ms Rolanda Frankmacher.
Address : Ochsenplatz 61Marne, 69137.
Deutschland. Germany.
Tel : +49 1748242826.
Fax :+49 1747882988 at my work.
Email : MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "ca.f377.mail.yahoo.com" claiming to be frankmacherrolanda49@mozartmail.info

The detials as stated above has been forwarded to our customer for onward payment with out delay.

 

Have you been contacted by our customer??.

 

 

Get back to me and keep me posted.

 

You can reply to yahoo or hotmail.

 

 

Thank you and My Regards,

 

 Jun Shun.

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