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

Fraud email example:

From: "susan patrick" <info@susanpat.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: susanpatneedsluv@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 18.29.19 +0200
Subject: be my pal

Hello,

Compliment of the day to you and how is life generally, With hope that this e-mail will find you in good emotional condition I'm susan patricks 26 year old. knowing fully well that race, religion and nationality can give no hindrance to friendship or penpal relation as it it one of the best ways to exchange ideas with people in different countries. I decided to have you as my pal and would like it to be extended up to a deep and lasting relationship, I am a single lady ,working with the Global Youth Welfare, united state .I really consider friendship or courtship as a serious thing, open in everything, be honest, and above all faithfulness to each other. I will brief you more about my self . By the special grace of God I will visit Africa for the first time by February next year. I am one of the organizing committee of the youth combined conference taking place in US and italy on the 22nd-25th of july 2006 and also holding in italy from the 27th - the 30th of july 2006. I will
so happy if we can both make trip. I will like to hear from you soonest about your self. contact me at susanpatneedsluv@yahoo.com

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