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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 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.
  • mallen_san@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Mary Sandra Allen." <mallen_san0@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mallen_san2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 17:48:19 +0000
Subject: Hello.

My Dearest, we are sorry if this mail will come to you as an embarrassment or a surprise, we just felt like emptying myself to you, after reading your profile , we decided to confide in you, as we faced with total frustration and hardship. My Ernest prayer is that you find this mail in good health and blessings. I am presently residing in west African in Senegal as a REFUGEE.we left our country because of war.
I am Miss Mary Allen Sandra and My brother Steve,a nationality of Serial Leone,we got your contact through a reliable source and as such we have the confidence that you will be trust worthy.Our sole purpose of contacting you is for your assist to our condition now. I am 24 years old and My brother 21 years old.We are an OPHAN.
Our late Father deposited the sum of ($8.5 million) dollars which he deposited with a Finance Company and I am the "NEXT OF KIN" to the depositor , I will like know weather you will help us and stand on our behalf to Negociate with the Finance Company, how they will Transfer the Fund to position because of our age, condition we are in refugee camp and you will help us to come over to your country to start a new Life. we have all the Proof and the coverly Document with us her, I will tell more about the deposit Fund in your next mail.
I will so much appreciate it,if you can send me your Personal mobile, Fax number, Home address and your Full Name. So you can contact me through
my alternate email address for security reason. mallen_san@yahoo.co.uk <http://uk.f268.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mallen_san@yahoo.co.uk>
Thanks and be blessed as i look forward to your mail.
Miss Mary Allen Sandra.

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