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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• 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.
  • homeseaventures@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Investment <gomezventures@internet.lu>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 06:41:04 +0200
Subject: Inquiry


Dear sir,


I am ABDULLAH.H-BARZAN.HUSSIN, The Director of
Crystol Manufacturing Company Ltd. Iraq and an Iraq
citizen.

I am writing to you based on prevailing information for you, to solicit your assistance in helping to
receive some amount of money in your country, I made this
money through my own sweat, this money is my
own personal money. The reason why I want to send this
money out of this country is because of war between my
country Iraq and the United State of America.
Formally the money was in a citizen bank here in Iraq .

But during the war i managed to move the money from the bank to a security company close to kuwait border and uptil now things have not normalised and no business as we are still in problem and connot leave comfortable again in this country, Then i decided to move this money out to your country for investment and in searching for a reliable person in your country a friend of mine here told me about you that you are dealing in Nice products that you are reliable and trustworthy, Now i have decided to send the money into your care in your country for investment, The total amount is US$15.3 million dollars only.

I have finalized the whole necessary arrangement on how to send this money out of this country to your country through a
Diplomatic means by a courier service company, if you are interested to do business with me then get back to me and i will give you futher details and modalities and we discuss terms of the investment.

Please you can only contact me through email,homeseaventures@netscape.net. I will call you
immediately I hear from you.

Yours truly,

ABDULLAH.H-BAZZAN.HUSSIN
Director Crystol manufacturing Company Ltd Iraq.

Anti-fraud resources:

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