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

Fraud email example:

From: MARY HARRY MARSHAL <mary_harrymarshal3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ma_harrymarshal@sify.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:49:12 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU HANDLE/INVEST MY FUNDS



Hello Dear, Life became unbearable since on the 5th of March 2003 when my husband Chief Harry Marshall was shot dead in our home. Since then, I have been living with shock and uncertainties. You can find details of the killing of my husband on these websites:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2821299.stm http://english.people.com.cn/200304/09/eng20030409_114815.shtmlhttp://www.ngex.com/personalities/voices/starbaluko030603.htmhttp://www.dawodu.com/aluko34.htm I have mourned him based on custom and tradition of our land and I am free now to invest his fund, as I would want to invest the fund in a foreign land. Meanwhile, this is to be done under a secret arrangement just because of the government of the day here. All that is required is for you to provide me with your full personal details for processing of the necessary legal and administrative claim documents for transfer of the funds to you.Your full nameContact addressTelOccupationDate of birth I will give you details when I get your response. Respond through my personal email: mar_marshal@yahoo.com May God Bless You.Regards,Mrs. Mary Harry Marshal.
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