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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • stcharleswelfare@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "stcharleswelfare" <stcharleswelfare@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:30:32 -0600
Subject: YOU CAN HELP THE LESS PRIVILAGED.


St Charles Welfare Centre
For The Less privilaged
#112 Campus Street
Victotia Island
Lagos Nigeria.
Phone:234-238-555-98
Sir/Madam,
Due to high rate of child abuse in our country Nigeria and in Africa at large.I voluntered to set up a motherless babies home with help of some philantropist in my country.We have been able to secure a good home
for these babies with is the most important thing and though we are going to a year now,we have up to three hundred and fifty five babies under our care.
We therefore appeal to you the privilaged,and especially christians all over the world to come to our aid in their own little way to enable us reach out to these little kids who might be the leaders of tomorrow are being clothed and at least have a good food to eat since we have taken it as our own obligation.
We also pray for you, for God's protection in whatever you do for God's divine intervention in your life and your family and also for the almighty to even provide for you for as you give to the less privilaged the Almighty will repalce it in hundred folds in Jesus name Amen.
You can contact us via this email: stcharleswelfare@myway.com, or you call us if your touched by the Holy spirit to help the needy.
Kindest Regards,
Mr Charles Nwanguma.

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