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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031914985 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • rmiller@imfweb-org.uk.pn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?utf-8?q?MRS.=20SUSAN=20BECK?=" <imf.bsusan004@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: subeck@imfweb-org.uk.pn
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:13:05 +0530 (IST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION AS YOU ARE A BENEFICIARY OF IMF POVERTY ALLEVIATION SCH


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: imf.bsusan004@yahoo.in



- CONGRATULATION AS YOU ARE A BENEFICIARY OF IMF POVERTY ALLEVIATION SCHEME. This is to officially notify you that your e-mail has won you USD250,000.00 in the IMF 2008 Poverty Alleviation Scheme.It is a computerized random selection organised by the International Monetary Fund to alleviate people's life financially. Your email Reference Number.: AA/ACC/IMF-WA/X1534 and Approval Number.: IMF/SCMV-86769. You are required to contact our European Regional Office on the below information to claim your entitlement. Contact Person: Richard Miller [Regional Director] Email: rmiller@imfweb-org.uk.pn Tel:+447031914985 Fax: 447006094378 . Endeavour to send the following details required for verification and subsequent release of your payment. 1. Full Names, 2. Address,3. Telephone/Mobile,4. Age and Gender, 5. Email Reference Number, 6. Approval Number, 7. Nationality, 8. Occupation. Yours Sincerely, Sign: Mrs. Susan Beck, Programme -Co-ordinator, IMF Geneva, Switzerland.

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