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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.
  • mike_chambers123@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "chamberlin kofi" <mike_chambers123@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stanley_123@o2.pl
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:58:48 +0000
Subject: reply

I have no other answer to give you becouse i have tried my best to explain
the project to you comprehensively and you are still not with understanding.

This transaction is very genuine and leagal and all mordalities for easy
release of the funds has being mapped out, only that we are waiting for your
informations to enable us apply for the foreign exchange approvals in your
name.

Whatever you heard from your collegue can not be an impediment to our
project but progress.Moreso all the EU taxes will be taken care of from the
10% of the total funds earmarked for the expencies during the period of the
transaction.

Al the transfer documentations will be copied to you on reciept from the
authorities concerned to enable you know the genuinty of this transaction.

I await the informations.

Regards
Tag


>From: Meino Kaestgen <meino.kaestgen@bayermail.info>
>Reply-To: meino.kaestgen@bayermail.info
>To: mike_chambers123@hotmail.com
>Subject: Re:reply
>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:32:48 +0100
>
>
>Hi!
>
>I thank you for your letter. It was genuinely serious.
>
>Please accept my deepest apologies but I am currently very busy. Do not be
>troubled. Please believe that I am wholly dedicated to your scheme.
>
>Is everything still fine? How has the deal gone further?
>
>Quite recently, something I heard from a colleague is deeply bothering me:
>what about EU taxes? Do they affect me? Also, can you confirm that your
>proposal is actually not illegal?
>
>Now I will await a answer from you please.
>
>good wishes,
>
>Mr. Meino Kaestgen
>
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