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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • hope_h_18@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hope mary <hope_h_18@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: hope_h_14@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 07:56:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: hope_h_18@yahoo.com

Attn Mr/Mrs.


Sir,


I am Madam Mary Fred; I work with an oil servicing company name Halliburton,pipeline and process service.


I am the personal assistance to the cost control manager late Mr. Pedro pearl; he died in an auto clash

on his way coming to office on a fateful day in June 29 2005.unfortunately my boss came to my country as asingle man, no wife no relatives around, so no body to

claim what he has, however our management send some of his properties to his address where he claim to come

from, but fortunately for me as her personal assistance his deposited documents of 21.5m dollars was not discovered from me.


Further more what I want now is a foreigner who will claim to be his next of kin so we can claim this money

out from the security company where it is deposited in. So any interested person should contact me

personally in my private email address for further explanation, we will share this money 50%. 100%riskfree.

Must be confidential.


No third party is allowed. Honest and trust is the motto.


Thanks for understanding, please get back to me if you are interested in my personal email for more details.


Yours faithfully,

234 8033 2191 26.

Mrs Mary.

- hope mary

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