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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • mrs_gloria_blessing@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CHARLES" <charles75000@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:21:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CONTACT HER FOR YOUR COMPENSATION










Dear friend,I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the money transferred to a Swiss Account,With the co-operation of a new partner from SPAIN who is an international business man. Presently I'm in europe for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.Now contact my secretary, her contact is: MRS GLORIA BLESSINGEmail; mrsgloriablessing@yahoo.comEmail: mrs_gloria_blessing@myway.com Ask her to send you the total amount of $750.000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this transaction.I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary MRS.GLORIA BLESSING,Instruct her and give her the address where you want your BANK DRAFT.Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy together after all the sufferness at that time.Meanwhile,I am very busy here in europe because of the investment projects which me and my new partner are having at hand. Finally, remember that I have forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive that BANK DRAFT, so feel free to get in touch with her and she will send the DRAFT to you without any delay. With best regards.PROFESSOR. CHARLES SOLUDO.C.B.N. GOVERNOR



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