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

Fraud email example:

From: From Gifty abavana <abavana156@yahoo.com.br>
Reply-To: gifty_gh@gawab.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:49:34 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: God Bless




Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

Thanks for your mail and i want you to truse me also to makesure this really i will like to tell you that i will be glad that you come down here in Accra Ghana to see me face to face with me family lawyer before that can be down my family lawyer will be giving you all the document in your name .

i will like to have your person telephone number and fax number so that it will enable my family lawyer to reach you by phone here is my person email address gifty_gh@gawab.com i will send you my family phots with my kids and myself , i have been very sick that is why i have not relpy your mail but am ok for now well

Dear doctor told me that my day are number so why i need you is to take care of my kids and the money and the gold paul is 11 year old and kofi jr is 9 year old i need someone who have fear of God that can take my kids as the kids are your only. am here to resend you the first mail i send to you before so that you may read it and understand all am talking about there is a site there virew it you will see me and my late husband house.

God bless you

MS Gifty J ABAVANA




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