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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.
  • magorette2007@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lago ange patrick bai <magorette2007@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:30:00 +0100 (CET)
Subject: RE : cherche parents adoptif


ui oui

lago ange patrick bai <magorette2007@yahoo.fr> a écrit :





salut chers future parents

excusemoi du desagrement non independant de ma voulante mais je suis obliger de vous le dit je suis orphelin depuis 2ans mes parents son mort dans un acccident de voiture a leurs mort je suis rester chez une ami de la famille qui elle aussi est morte l'ors de la petite guerre qui s'est passer en cote d'ivoire actuellement ou je parle je dort dans une ecole ou j'ai suplier le gardien de l'ecole pour rester jus'qua ce que je trouve des parents adoptifs je suis en pleure aidez moi




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