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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
• 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.
  • wassekolan13@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "wasse kolan" <wassekolan29@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: wassekolan13@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:45:16 +0000
Subject: Awaits your urgent reply,

Good day,
I am writting this letter with due respect and heart full of tears since we have not known or met
ourselves previously. I will so glad if you can allow me and lead me to the right channel towards
your assistance to my situation now.I will make my proposal well known if I am given the
opportunity. I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am Mr.Wasse Kolan
a 22 years old boy from Gambia,the only son of Late Dr.Kolan Boga a respacted personal and
adviser to the former head of Mineral Resource in our Country before his death.my father died
along with my mother and our last born in a motor accident in our country Gambia.And since
then life is not easy with me and my only sister full of sorrow and pain especially when
life to be in serious pain.

The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek your assistance in the area of our future
and also for a helping hand over some huge amount of money in my possession. This money was
acquired by my late father when he was in office and he deposited it in a foreign account in Europe
for safety and security reasons. I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to make this claim
and in the area of investment as i dont have experience in internatioal transaction, As I have
mention earlier I will make the procedure to this issue to be well known to you,if I am given the
opportunity to do so. Pls attach your direct and full information as you reply to me.you can also
contact me at ; wassekolan13@yahoo.com
Thanks and remain bless
Yours Wasse Kolan.

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