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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • gsuzzansaivonicinfo11@yahoo.com.hk
  • mrssuzzansaivonic@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?saivonic=20suzzan?= <suzzansaivonicinfo11@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: mrssuzzansaivonic@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 10:52:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE IS HIGHLY NEEDED


§Ú¦³·sªº¹q¶l¦a§}¡I§A²{¥i¹q¶lµ¹§Ú¡Gsuzzansaivonicinfo11@yahoo.com.hk




Dear sir/madam

I am the wife of Mr. Nicolai Sainovic one of the

people of the former Yugoslavia indicted at the War

Crime Tribunal in Hague.The indictment was politically

motivated we must say, but there is nothing we can do

now but to answer according to the law.The whole

set-up we believe was a package some of the the

western world has provided former Yugoslavia to

contend with. Mr. Slobodan Milutinovic and my husband

had kept some funds, American currencies in a private

Bank to enable them take care of rebel problems.

However, now that the country they seeked to protect

has turned against them,We need to transfer the money

out for safety from where it has been lodged somewhere

in Europe.The fund is in excess of 50 million USA dollars



It can be transferred to you under diplomatic immunity

or be paid into offshore accounts through which you

will lay possession of it to foster some investment on

our behalf.Can you Handle this projects? Are you

capable of handling funds? Are you trustworthy? I have

been asked to offer you 30%,for your assistance, Will

that be ok for you?Please reply to me at the earliest

to enable me stop contacting other persons for

assistance.

Note that this transaction is risk free. I

will commence immediately to secure all legal

documents in your favor on your acceptance to fully

co-operate with me.

I await your urgent response to enable us jump-start

this project and nurture it to reality,please kindly

Reply to my personal e-mail; mrssuzzansaivonic@yahoo.co.in

Yours faithfully,

Mrs.Suzzan Saivonic







- mrssaivonic suzzan

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