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

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Razak Ali" <razakali@usa.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:25:56 +0700
Subject: Business Inquiry

Dear Sir,

With deep appreciation of your esteem contact l got from your
company website.l wish to introduce myself to you sir.l am Mr.Razak
Ali from Sudan.Actually, l will like to invest into your company,Sir l
will like to know the procedure of a non-Citizen investing in your
country.

Actually,after Reading through your business profile outline here.l
decided to contact you because l cannot invest in your country
without an assistant from someone from your country.l will like you
to advice me on a business there that l can invest and the procedure
before the investment.l thank you very much for taking time to go
read my e-mail and l hope to read your reply soon.

My best regards.
Mr.Razak Ali
e-mail:razakali@usa.com

Anti-fraud resources:

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