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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • penda_seck22@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Penda." <pendaseck22@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: penda_seck22@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:27:19 +0000
Subject: MyDear ,

My Dear,
Please i decided to write you because i have no other alternative. Since after the death of my father in the hands of the rebels. i have been in a very big difficulty of how to safeguard the money that my father left for me in the
Finance house before his death because,I am living in Refugee camp here in Dakar and i am afraid the amount is too much i dont know how and where to start to go about it. Please if you can help me try to reply me urgently and i will tell you how much and explain more to you and we can discuss fully with your percentage.
and God will always bless you for your help as i am going to take you as my father. my most concern is to come over to your counrtry and continue my Education
and start a good life through you.
I am Waiting eagerly to hear from you. Please reply to
my address; penda_seck22@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:penda_seck22@yahoo.co.uk>
Sincerely
Miss Penda.

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