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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • srroyat@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: roy sr <royang07@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <royat1515@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:38:14 +0000
Subject: I need your kind response.



Roy AngalaNational Agency For Petroleum.Sao Tome.Private email address: srroyat@yahoo.com Greetings, I write you from the National Agency For Petroleum, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Sao Tome and Principe. As you may be aware, Sao Tome is a beautiful island located in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Gulf of Guinea.

In recent years, large quantity of crude oil deposit was discovered in this country of which I am a principal actor in it's Public Finance administration. At the moment, we are producing and exporting large volume of sweet crude; easy to refine and 100% lead free.
The flurry of activities in this young energy ministry has thrown up challenges to the extent that accounting and auditing of accounts in our petroleum ministry is, at the moment, almost non existent. People in my office,that have trusted partners abroad are making brisk business using this opportunity. Though I have not met you, I am compelled by this pressing need to contact you for possible collaboration in moving a huge sum of money from an un-audited account in my ministry.I have discussed with the principal director in charge of my ministry and together we have agreed to transact this business with you if you can provide a company to which, we shall award a backdated contract as a cover to pay the money to your account for our collective ownership.
The necessary modalities have been worked out for a hitch free and immensely rewarding partnership.

If you are up to 26years of age; able to take financial decision and willing to collaborate with us as stated above, then contact me through my private email address: srroyat@yahoo.com for further information on how you may apply. Please, include your phone number and all important details to enable take-off. I await your kind response. Roy Angala

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