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

Fraud email example:

From: victor enowe <victorenowe@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:02:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: from your friend


Dear Friend,
Based on the information and recommendation satisfactorily gathered concerning your personalprofile, I hereby wish to acquaint you with a business proposal that will be of benefit to both of us. I represent a heiress family (their father is dead since last year) which would like to invest their treasure in your country in order to invest it in various projects such us in real state and business. As a result of African economic and political instability, I am prompted to look for credible, reliable and trust worthy person or company whom to transfer this inheritance to his account,

Before his death, their father deposited the money in a Trust Company but did not declare it as money, but as precious goods of a value of $22.000.000.00 US Meanwhile, all relevant documents pertaining to this 'Precious Family Treasure' are with me and will be issued to you at your request. Kindly send to me your acceptance mail and other details will follow. Expecting to hear from you soonest. With warmest kind regards
Mr victor enowe
victor enowe CONSULTING
lome togo
email:victorenowe@yahoo.com


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