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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.
  • shoesforall77@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: johnson aldo <shoesforall77@yahoo.it>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:02:00 +0100
Subject: business proposal



BUSINESS PROPOSAL
Dear mr/mrs
this letter may come to you as a suprise,but its a way to find a solution to my business oversea.Well i am mr johnson aldo a local business man who trades on shoes and live in italy.this letter is about asking you to be my partner in the u.s.
well i will like to let you know that i have some money in canada that i want to start up with and the money is $120.000 which i inherited from my late farther last year.i want to invest the money in the u.s.a that is why i am asking you to be my partner over there.if you agree i will let you have 20% of this business and 80% will be for me,tham i will let you know how to claim and collect this money from the bank in canada.
Pleasa note that the business that i am planing to invest on is about opening an italian shoe house in the u.s.a.first let me asure you that this money is personal-free from all act of terrorist and free from anything illegal.please know that it is neccessy for you to give me your name,address and phone number so i can give it to my bank in canada.
Thank you for your co-operation as i look forword to hear from you soon.
JOHNSON ALDO
this is my contact address;
Name;johnson aldo.
email add:shoesforall77@yahoo.it

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