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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.
  • katigbagb@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "KATI GBAGB" <katigbagb@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kati_50gbagb@joewein.net
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:41:59 +0100
Subject: LOVE AND TRUST

My Dear,

How are you over there?.

As for me,i am fine here in Daker Senegal.

My name is Miss Kiti Gbagb, from ivory coast in

west Africa presently residing in the refugee

camp here in Dakar due to the civil war going

on in my country.

My late father Dr sulama Gbagb , was the personal

advicer to the former head of state before the rebels

attacked my house one early morning killing my mother

and my father.

It is only my brother and me that is alive now and we

managed to make our way to near by country Senegal

where we are living now.

I would like to know more about you.

Your likes and dislikes,your hobbies and what you
are

doing presently.

I will tell you more about myself in my next mail.

I attach here my picture for you, though i am not all

that photogenic,i hope you would'nt mind.

i am waiting for your reply! e-mail me with address

katigbagb@yahoo.com

Miss kati.

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