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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • zinabali4all@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ZINAB ALI" <barr_bulus_4u@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: zinabali4all@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 02:13:03 +0800
Subject: FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION,

Dear sir
Due to my careful search for an honest, reliable and sincere business partner, i got your contact from internet and i ask if you can be trusted not to break an agreement? Still, it took me time to make up my mind to contact you and to offer you this proposal of mine of which my whole life depends on. Please reply me on my personal email.
My name is Mrs zinab AL-ALI, the wife of Mr. K.AL-ALI of blessed memory from Iraq, whom died during the current war of united states of america against the regime of President Saddam Hussan Which my late husband was fully part of it.
Before his death, my husband had deposited with FINANCE HOUSE IN ASIA the sum of (USD $4.7 MILLION). After the death of my husband, I decided to move to OMAR where l re-located under political asylum as a refugee to seek for foriegn partner overseas that will assist me to move this money out of THE FINANCIAL HOUSE to your country as i have made up my mind to invest and live in your country.
As an asylum seeker i am not allowed to operate any Bank Account .I have agreed to offer you 7% of the total sum for your assistance as soon as the money get`s into your account while 5% will be mapped out for any expences that may be incurred in the course of this transaction both local and international.
I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out come of it. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal phone and fax numbers and also your
private e-mail address for easy and urgent communication.
Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and
absolutely confidential.
Thanks and Almighty bless you
.
Sincerely Yours,
ZINAB AL-ALI
zinabali4all@yahoo.com <mailto:zinabali4all@yahoo.com>

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