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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +448701376852 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • peteranderson1950@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Peter Anderson" <peterlondon016@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: emailpeteranderson@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:39:42 +0000
Subject: Important please read

Greetings to you and your family,
 
First I must apologies for intruding into your private email address: Knowing the fact that we do not know or have meet each other.I want you to read through my letter with great zeal to participate in this opportunity and I promise you that you shall not regret you involvement in this opportunity.

My name is Mr. Peter Anderson a legal adviser currently in London, UK; I have a client that requires urgent assistance from a neutral foreigner like yourself, whose information can be used, to replace his information as the beneficiary of his funds of $25millionUSD. Have the money claimed and further put the funds in question into the banking system. If you are willing and capable to assist my client in this matter, please reply to this email address: peteranderson1950@yahoo.co.uk  or fax +44 8701376852, stating your true interest and I shall furnish you with further details on this proposal and what you shall benefit for your assistance.

 

Yours faithfully,

Peter Anderson

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