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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • mike_ezeh6@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: mike ezeh <mike_ezeh6@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mikeze5@myway.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:55:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Sir,My name is Mr. Mike Ezeh, the Manager, Credit and Foreign bills of Regent Bank Plc. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank with account number 14-255-114 whose name is Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American by citizen who perished in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site which I got during my investigation;http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mike_ezeh6@yahoo.com



- mike ezeh

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