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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.
  • sam_david60@mail.md (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr. Sam David" <samdavid782334@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: sam_david60@mail.md
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:11:51 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dear Friend


Dear Friend

My name is Engr.Sam David, I am an International business mechandise who made many supplies to United States and environs. I have an investment company in Canada that is owing me the sum of Two

Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars (USD$250,000) and sequence to our last discussion with the investor in Canada.

He is ready to pay back my money and he has requested for bank account to enable him transfer the funds into. Meanwhile,I do not have an account in your country and further efforts to have the funds transferred to my bank here has proof abortive.

So I want him to transfer the money to your account in your country and upon clarification,I will send you my private account to in turn transfer the money to me. Sincerely,you are not going to face any risk in rendering assistance,or spend any money on this, neither am I demanding anything from you.

What I need is your sincerity and just be honest with me as I will be offering you 10% of the total funds for providing the account for the client. Let me have your details: which includes, Full names, Your contact address and telephone number so that I will instruct the company to send you the funds. I will inform them that you are my partner receiving it onmy behalf. Please respond as soon as possible to let me know via sam_david60@mail.md

Yours faithfully,

Engr.Sam David.

- Engr. Sam David

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