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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
• 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.
  • jose_mdluli@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Jose Mdluli <jose_mdluli12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jose_mdluli2006@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:15:01 +0000
Subject: From Madam De-Mabior.



Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Madam,Rebecca Nyandeng De-Mabior. I want to transfer my late husband's Money worth the sum of $22.500,000, 00USD which he deposited in a security company for safe keeping before his death. I want to transfer this money to your companys/personal account for investment until I arrive in your country . We are currently in South Africa as Asylum Seekers do to the problem we are facing in my country since the death of my husband.You can go through this site below to enable you understand moreabout my family. (http://www.gurtong.org/GarangTribute/Biographyof_LateDr.JohnGarangde-Mabior.asp) If you're interested, reply me through my Family lawyer e-mail:jose_mdluli@hotmail.com , please do not call me now, for my security andsafety reasons.call my lawyer on this number 0027-73-938-2620 for more explanationsThanks and God Bless Madam, Rebecca Nyandeng de-Mabior
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