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

Fraud email example:

From: leoanyih@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:52:12 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HOW=20ARE=20YOU=20?=

Please reply me in my email box (leoandmatter_anyanwu@yahoo.ie) or+ 2289144658


Dear
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I am LEO
ANYANWU intent to establish in your country .Though I have not met with
you before but I believe,one hasto risk confidingin someone to succeed sometimes
in life.There is this amount of Twevle Million US Dollars($12.000.000.00)
which my late father Mr MARK ANYANWU kept at BANK here in TOGO beforehe
was assasinated by the rebellion troop in Bouke northern part of my country
CoteD'Ivoire.Now I have decided to invest these money in your (country)or
anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.I
want you to help me claim and retrieve this money from the BANK and transfer
it into your personal account for investment purposes on these areas (1).
Real estate (2). The transport industry (3). Five star hotel If you can
be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer you 10% Of the total
fund.I await your soonest response after going through my email.And that
I will give you the contact of the BANK in TOGO where the money is.Please
reply me in my email box (leoandmatter_anyanwu@yahoo.ie) or 002289144658
Respectfully yours, LEO ANYANWU

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