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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.
  • veronic_alakissi@yahoo.no (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: VERONIC ALAKISSI <veronic_a6@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:49:16 -0500 (EST)
Subject: confidential


Dear sir,

This information i want to relate to you is very confidential.I am one of the managing director of a bank in MALAYSIA, name witheld for the moment. I stumbled into this account that belongs to the former Chilean dictator, the person of AUGUSTO PINOCHET who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990.He just died from heart attack as a regards of the information he got that he will be trial no matter his age for his autrosities he comitted in his regime where hundreds thousands of people died. He is 91yrs old.

I am very happy that he died finally and also will be glad to seize the opportunity to claim $18.7m doller . This fund in my possession but need a second party because i work in this bank to avoid my colleagues raising an eye brow on me. I will give you the contacts of the DIRECTORS who you will do this TRANSFER but you will tell them that you Received email from Mrs Veronic
Alakiss i am the one that give you there contact.

If you can transact this project with me, i will give you the full details/information as regrds to this project on the way forward.

Thanks and expecting your reply.

yours sincerely,
Mrs Veronic Alakiss
veronic_alakissi@yahoo.no


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