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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:

• 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.
  • lit@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "liza" <mandarin002_lit@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 20:51:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Important...........






My name is Mandarin am from usa in oklahoma.30 years old single.well i just wanna tell you a Little story about My self..well my dad is Died Now. But Before he dad he Have a sum of amount in is account which is $15.5millon USD Dollas..But Yesterday My father lawyer call Me On the Phone that I will need to go and cliam This Money Cos The bank is planing on How to step there leg on the money..but now my problem is that i was not in the state i am In a africa Country Now and i cant get the money from here..so all i want to know is maybe you can act as the next of kin..so that we can cliam this money out of the bank...and you will get 40% out of the Money.....so plz get Back to me Fast On wat you Think........N:B...Reply Back To My Email Address...(mandarin002_lit@yahoo.com)

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