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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:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • laminsarr86@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lamin sarr" <llaminsarr@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 21:36:55 +0200
Subject: LAMIN SARR


My name is Lamin Sarr ,twenty years old from the Republic of The Gambia,my father is the former Chief of Defence Staff in my country,I kwow this letter will be very strange to you,but please keep it very confidential for my own safety.
My main reason of writing this letter is to seek for a confidant who will assist me ,Recently in my country my father was detained and locked up for some problem with the President and I never know what the result might be,for this reason and some secret between me and my father,i have manage to leave the country,presently now I am in Europe where my father has a huge deposit of money,already i have visited the bank and i have made all neccesary confirmation,but my problem now is that i want to leave the country i am right now because i know they might trace where the money is,the assistance i need is someone i will transfer the money into his name and i wll go into joint investment with the person with the money so that i can continue my life.Please either you are willing or not to do this great favour,please keep this letter confidetial for my safety,I will be waiting to hear good response from you.I can also be contacted on laminsarr86@hotmail.com
bye for now,
lamin sarr

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