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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:
  • "@lawyer.com" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • dia@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MAITRE ABOUBACAR" <m_aboubacar@latinmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 19:43:23 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE:My area of experience


thank you for your answer.

It is not néccessaire my lawyer will take care some then follow my instruction below:

Then, know that this letter is completely legitimate but I does it to you in gift because I is not heir for heir to my money to pour by my late husband of alive sound which worked in an organization in Kuwait, he was of alive sound abassador of Kuwait in ivory coast.

Today died while leaving me in bank sums of 7.000.000 of American dollars me as of my sick state atteind of a cancer of the two points my doctor ennoncant me whom I cannot live as four months only then I have decide to make this money a gift for the construction of church, establishment, orphanage for the propagation of the word of God bus darling said:
that which will believe in me will have the life eternal and can aquerir this life eternal only ant magnet his next of the funds of the heart.

Then I do not want that the this mondre are of this money would be to engage on a diabolic way I want that it arrives has your church as you have indicate it in your letter.

I do not want the least calls telephone because the relative of my maridefunt his present near me has the hopitale.I want that you follow to the letter what I you indicate above. contact my lawyer for pass to the transfer of these funds to the following email: dia@lawyer.com
for any information contact me has the email which will envoyeras the letter has your limps electronicque.

as a Christ,
Angela Grea.

¡Miles de amigos con tus mismas aficiones! http://www.latinchat.com

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