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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:

• 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.
  • divinekool2@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: sincerity34@handbag.com
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:17:07 +0100
Subject: PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT


Dear One,
I received very encouraging information about you and how trustworthy you
are.I am delighted with such useful information.I am interested in partnership
investment programme with your self/corporation. There is this amount of
ten million U.S dollars($10 m) which my late parent kept for us in a financial
firm before he was assasinated by unknown political gangsters, he deposited
the fund in finance firm owned by foreign partner Currently, I and mother
decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside
Africa for security and political reasons.We want you to help us to transfer
this fund to your country for investment purposes on the followings below:


1).Telecommunication
2).Manufacturing
3).Hotel management
4).Real Estate management

If you you can be of an assistance to us you will be adequately rewarded
for your kind anticipated gesture. We will arrange all the necessary modalities
in order to ensure a smooth conveyance of the fund to you.We also appreciate
if you contact me once you receive this mail via my e-mail account to enable
me give you more details on how the fund will be transferred to you. This
transaction requires your urgent attention,confidentiality and secrecy.Kindly
forward me your full contact informations, to indicate your interest in this
transaction . KINDLY REPLY ME WITH MY PRIVATE EMAIL, divinekool2@netscape.net
I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible. Thanks and God bless
you.

Sincerely,
Kenneth Kudi



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