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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:
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • dan_hen00000@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dan_00000@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?dan=20hen?= <dan_hen00000@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: dan_00000@myway.com
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 08:01:29 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: hello


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : dan_hen00000@yahoo.fr

Dear Friend,

Here is my name Steve Henry from United State of America writting you in respect of a recent deal that emanated in our bank.With my competence and top level in the bank,i and my colleague detected millions of dollars (US$23.8M) belonging to one of our customer who died in fatal HURRICANE RITA disaster.Several effort was made to trace any of his relations to take possession of the funds but to no avail Leaving this funds dormant in the bank will be a great lose to us and will later be use for another project.We have bravely and perfectly packaged the funds as a cargo and deposited in a good and reliable cargo company for safety.we require you to sincerely and honestly stand as our beneficiary outthere to enable legitimate and easy claim of the cargo from the company without any problem.You are needed to help in this opportuned and golden deal because we can not run the deal our self due to our sensetive service in the bank and wouldn't want any observation for safety of the deal and our dignities.For this deal to be executed as planned,your details is urgently needed,your full name,your contact address and your mobile phone and fax number to enable us forward them to the cargo company for legitimate release of the funds in your favour.It is good we notify you your share in the deal for certainty,your share in the deal is $5Million for assisting us.Thanks and kindly keep this deal secrecy because we are still under the service of the bank.You should reply alternatively to this box ok.

Alternative email address:dan_00000@myway.com

I expect your earliest response.


Steve Henry.

- dan hen

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