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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348039475165 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • manager_haroldking@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: king harold <manager_haroldking@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 03:38:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CARRY ON MY LUCKY WINNER


Derik Bohmler
Attn;
According to the letter you sent to me as the MANAGER, of United Kingdom National Lottery.
I hereby inform you to carry on with the letter sent to you by our company , i am here to help you when ever you are of difficulty.follow the proccedures sent to you in other for you to claim your price before Two weeks;otherwise all funds will be returned as ''Unclaimed'' and eventually sent back to Treasury in our head office London.
So i advice you to follow it ,it is done all over the world in other to alliviate poverty,so CONGRATULATION ONCE Again you are VERY , VERY LUCKY MY DEAR.
for further information you can call me through my cell phone or email .
+2348039475165
EMAIL;manager_haroldking@yahoo.com


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