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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.
  • pemelageorge@yahoo.co.in
  • pemelageorge@yahoo.co.in

Fraud email example:

From: "pemela GEORGE" <mrspemela1@msn.com>
Reply-To: pemelageorge@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:12:18 +0000
Subject: TO YOU. URGENT REPLY.

From: The Desk of Dr.Pemela George.
The Personal Assistance to the
The General Manager of Standard Trust Bank (Nig) Plc
E-mail- Pemelageorge@yahoo.co.in

Dear Beloved,

I am.Dr.Pemela George the former personnel assistance to the General Manager
of Standard Trust Bank (Nig) Plc. I want to inquire from you if you can
handle this transaction for mutual benefits/life opportunity for you and me.
(30% for you, 60% for me and 10% to cover up any expenses that maybe incured
during the process of carryout the transaction.)

The transaction is about assisting me as my foreign counterpart who has the
same surname as yours, to enable us present you as the Beneficiary of the
$10million dollars left by our late deceased foreign customer or helping me
receive the fund.He died in a plane crash with his family that occurs in the
september terroist attack that happened in the United State of America which
you are aware of.

The Fund is currently in a suspense account awaiting claim, since then, the
bank made a public notice that they are ready to release this fund to any of
his relative abroad. I will give you more details about the transaction when
I receive your affirmative response via my email address stated above.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully
Dr.Pemela George
Altanative email- Pemelageorge@yahoo.co.in

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