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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.
  • magnumharris@k.ro

Fraud email example:

From: "noi 2005" <noi34@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: magnumharris@k.ro
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:25:57 +0000
Subject: urgent partnership.

Serve Trust Inc.,
Plaza Castilla 29814,
Madrid Spain.

Dear Client,
Good day.

I am Mr.Harris West Newman of Serve Trust Securitas S.A,Madrid Spain.

Please I will like you to help me in clearing a box containing
treasures/US$16.5Million[Sixteen Million,Five Hundred Thousand Dollars]which
has been domant in our vault for the past four years now.

You at liberty to negotiate you share percentage as compensation for your
acceptance to partnershipship with me in this direction and above all,I
intend to invest my share into properties which shall be under your direct
supervision in your country for pending my attaining service retirment age
at serve trust Inc. By statutory implications the box will be handed over to
Espanan government authorities if not serviced within the next two months. I
have every details on how you will go about it and will detail you as soon
as I hear from you.
Thanks for your anticipated acceptance.

Mr.Harris W.Newman
please respond to my private email magnumharris@k.ro

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