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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.
  • madamkante01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Kante Cisse" <madamkante10@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:59:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Inquiry from Mrs.Kante Cisse and son Patrick to you


Dear ,

I know you may be surprise at this my message to you but please do read it and get back to me and my children,i wish to inform you that due to the seriousness of my sickness i and my children wish to enquire the possibilities of going into long term business relationship with you in respect of our investment in any profitable and lucrative business in your country through you so that i can come over to receive specialist treament to my sickness.Please respond to us on receipt of this our brief message to you so that we can further give you details in this respect as we do not wish to further expose the details of this our investment plan electronically due to the bad mind of people of the world.

Our number 002216637269.
Mrs.Kante Cisse and son Patrick.
Our alternative email: madamkante01@yahoo.com




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