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

Fraud email example:

From: Phillips Crawford <phillipscrawford001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <phillipscrawford002@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:08:08 +0100
Subject: RE: CONGRATULATION !!! Mayne Brandgen




Attn:Mr.Mayne Brandgen,

I got your letter and every content of it was well noted.However I do not know how else to tell you that your fund is ready rather than making you understand that my company has been mandated to pay your outstanding fund.

I think it might interst you to know that my company has so much reputation to protect and for that reason my company will do all it can to serve you the best way we can.Be that as it may you do not have any thing to be worried about as long as the payment officer is there to see you through till you receive your fund.

NB.Please, endeavor to contact the remittance manager who is your payment officer Mr.Williams Jones Jr,{williamsjonesjr@hotmail.com} and he shall give you further details on how you are going to recieve your fund in less than (7)official working days.

I adverse you should not entertain any fear because your fund has been alocated to my company and all you will need to do is to prove to Mr.Williams Jones Jr that you are throughly whom we think you are {Mr.Mayne Brandgen) to avoid any complication.

Just call him on his mobil phone and talk to him about it.

I wish you the best.

Regards,Mr.Phillips crawford.
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