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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.
  • gov_ca@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • gd.hotel@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • hquantico@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CWDS Conference program <cwds2007@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:05:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Registration file number


Dear participant,
A group file number CWDS/152/CA/GY/2007 was opened with your data information received from you, and endorsed on section 24 of Child Welfare and Development Strategies (CWDS) for participation. With respect to this, you are expected to contact the Canadian Immigration and Citizenship at gov_ca@yahoo.ca for visa procurement and authentication. Also send your file number to them as inline with the obligation.
Below this leaf is participant/s recommended hotels for reservations. Do contact them and request a booking.

Hotel Gamma
2487 39th Avenue NE, Calgary,
Alberta T2E 8V8, Canada
Email,- gd.hotel@yahoo.com
Telefax,- 16107443367

Hotel Quantico
708 80th avenue SW Calgary,
AB T2P 1H2 , Canada
Email,- hquantico@mail.com


Thanks
Secretary
Program Overseer
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