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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.
  • femia1bangura@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Sonia Benson" <s_benson11@yahoo.com.sg> (may be fake)
Reply-To: femia1bangura@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:17:36 +0000
Subject: From Mrs Sonia

My good friend,

How are you and your family ? Hope youa are doing fine! my apology for geting back to you late after helping me then due to over busssy for investment project...I have issued a check of Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro (350.000.00 Euro) in your name to compesate you for the help you render to me in the past.Contact my secretary and ask her to send the money to you.Her contact email is femia1bangura@yahoo.co.uk and her name is Femia Bangura.

Get back to me as soon as you receive the money.
Have a nice day and extend my warm greetings to your entire family.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs.Sonia Benson

Anti-fraud resources:

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