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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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• 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.
  • m@yahoo.ie

Fraud email example:

From: MRS HAJA AL MASHED <h1233_m@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: h1233_m@yahoo.ie
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:41:15 +0400
Subject: RAMADAN MUBARAK


al salaam

i am haja al mashed i am from brunei i am 23 yrs old and a mongolian citizen , my father take me for vacation after he take me go to a rich prince who is 30 yrs very old more than me for marriage , this i dont want because am small , i feel disapoint by my father for this ,



this prince use force on me because i am small , what can i do he lock me in the house for some months not allow go outside ,

after he love me , he allow me have freedom to too much money in his acount and busines but am not go outside from palace , am have access take $6.5 milion us dollars out to a place in iraq where my husband use to take money with a box away from brunei , he dont have understanding that i have make same same him , and keep this money in that place in iraq as a security box of jewel because this is how my husband make every time and register for box of money , now everyhting chnaging my husband have four wive too much problem because his blood every time come high , he very sick , am last wife and young am not arabic lady other wifes arabic every time make problem for me because jealous for me if am not go they kill me.



i want to go away from here every time i make this plan , i want some body who will help me get this box and keep my money for me so that when am go out from here my husband will not take this money because he must check everything and his money good if understand not complete he will make problem for me , if you will help me i will give $600.050 thousand usdollar of my money for your help as my offer , you keep this money in your account for me , you will keep this information secret , ok because i will be stone death or hanging if any reletions understand this i make , you want help me you think you serious you give me information information about your name , address and phone ok i wait



may allah help you.

Haja mashed , reply to : h1233_m@yahoo.ie

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