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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.
  • normananthony1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "iwele anam" <iweleanam5@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:02:37 -0700
Subject: THE BEST GOLD


*My name is Anthony Iwele Norman
The first son of of Chief Sam Hinga Norman the former Leader of Kamajo
Militia Defence Force Group during the war in our Country Sierra Leone
inWest Africa.*


*However, it¢s with great pleasure writing to inform you that I amlooking
for a business partner from your country.
I mean somebody willing to go into a risk free joint businesspartnership
with me, that will be financed by me through our family wealth,.
in view of our interest to invest in manufacturing operations, tourism
andbuy hotels, including real estates franchises, and other profitable and
solid areas of business opportunities in your country as you may
professionally advised.Our family`s ideal partner should also be willing to
go into otherareas of
businesse originated from this Sub-Region, especially exportation of
goldand diamonds, scrap metals etc.*


*You can as well contact me through this my yahoo id.*


*normananthony1@yahoo.fr* <normananthony1@yahoo.fr>* for more
informations,or logon towww.sierraleone.com.I wait for your immedate
response
Thanks and be blessed.
Anthony Iwele Norman
Please feel free to contact me through this my email
(**normananthony1@yahoo.fr* <normananthony1@yahoo.fr>* ) *

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