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

Fraud email example:

From: "mike williams" <petyetget@hotmail.fr>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:49:25 +0000
Subject: RE:Hello


Just be assured that this is for real and 100% risk free.You don't need to
fear for anything hence this transaction.I contacted you with trust and I
hope you will betray me as soon as this money is released on your name and
transfered into your account.Bear in mind that 3days before this money will
be in your account, I will come over to your country for the disbursment of
the fund and at the sametim have a hand-shake face to face for the first
time.There is nothing much to do on this only to apply to the bank officialy
informing them that you have come for the claim.At the end of this
transaction we are to share thi $8.5m 50-50 at the end of this transaction.I
hope I have already forwarded to you the text of an application.Go ahead and
get it filled and send to the bank so that by monday they will process your
claim and have you approved so that we will have this money in your
possession by this time next week.I have all the inheritance documents and I
will be forwarding them to you as soon as you send the application to the
bank.I hope you have the application with you,if not get back to me so that
I will re-forward it to you so that you will fill it and send to the bank
for approval your your fund.I am waiting to hear from you.Thank you and have
a nice weekend.

Mike.


>From: Nidhish Bh
>Reply-To: nidhish.
>To: petyetget@hotmail.fr
>Subject: RE:Hello
>Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:03:21 +0100
>
>
>Hi,
>
>To be honest, I have been re-reading your email and I am unconfident that I
>comprehend every aspect thoroughly.
>
>I hope you don't mind me for asking but can you confirm that your proposal
>is actually not illegal?
>
>Imminently I wish to read a accommodating reply from you at your earliest
>convenience.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>Nidhish
>
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