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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.
  • ny3030@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "tisco" <tiscocafe@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 15:39:39 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: REQUEST FOR YOUR HELP


Hello, REQUEST FOR YOUR HELPMy name is Mrs. Patricia Kome, widow of late Dr. M. Kome, a former Financial Controller in the Federal Science andTechnology Agency.My late husband died few years ago in a fatal auto crash while on official duty. I have just been informed by our family attorney, that my late husband operated a secret and coded account with a Bank into which some amount of money was transferred and credited in his favour. The Attorney now advised me to seek in confidence a foreigner who could stand as owner of the fund to enable us wire it into his account from the local bank. If you can help, get back to me immediately so that I can tell you how we can proceed. Yours truly,Mrs. Patricia Komemail to: ny3030@excite.com

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