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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.
  • juniorandroselina@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?junior=20and=20rose=20verissimo?= <juniorandroselina@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:50:11 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Junior/Roselina


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

Good Day,



I duly apologize if am interfering on your privacy if this request is not acceptable to you.First I wish to introduce myself properly to you.I am Junior Verissimo, The son of the former Guinea-Bissau army chief killed (General Verissimo Correia Seabre)under the present government of my home country.I Refer you to this website for its details:(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3720218.stm)


As you will see from the above site, our father was just murdered in cold blood and now leaving me and my sister Roselina fatherless.However prior to his death he informed me about a deposit of the sum of Eighteen Million, Five Hundred Thounsand United States Dollars ($18.500.000) in a finance house in this country where we are now.He told me that he agreed with the finance house that he or his foreign partner will come for the transfer of the funds on a later date. So,I am soliciting for your help now to come and help us to secure this inheritance as my late father's foreign partner because of the political crisis here in cote d'ivoire and also for our safety. We shall discuss your percentage(%)for you effort.You can call us on +22508541234 for more details.



Best regards

Junior/Roselina



- junior and rose verissimo

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