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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • info_hmrconfrnce@mail2california.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sidney Cole" <colesidney@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hmr_secretary@secretary.net
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:30:30 +0000
Subject: Conference / Invitation

Dear Friend,
My name is Sidney Cole, working with (WORLD YOUTH ORGANIZATION FOR
HUMAN WELFARE) California, U.S.A. We are organizing a global youths
combined conferences taking place from November 13th-15th 2007 at California in
the United States and in, Dakar Senegal from November 19th-22nd 2007.
In our
request to invite people from various countries around the world,
If you are interested to participate and want to represent your
country,
you may contact the secretariat of the organizing committee for details
and information.
I believe that we may have the opportunity to meet if you may be
willing
to participate in this event. You can also inform youths & NGOs in
your
country about these conferences. The benevolent donors of the
Organizing
Committee will provide round trip air tickets and accommodation for
the
period of participants? Stay in the U.S., to all registered
participants.You will only be responsible for your own hotel booking
in
dakar where the second phase of the conference will be held.
If you are a holder of an international passport that may require
visa to
enter the United States you may inform the conference secretariat at
the
time of registration, as the organizing committee is responsible for
all
visa arrangements and travel assistances. Below is the contact
address of
the conference secretariat:
By Tel/Fax: +1 (978) 216-2653/+1-(206) 338-2880 Fax:+1 (714)
844-4985 or
by Email: hmr_secretary@secretary.net <mailto:hmr_secretary@secretary.net>or info_hmrconfrnce@mail2california.com <mailto:info_hmrconfrnce@mail2california.com>
Sincerely,
Sidney. Cole

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