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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.
  • tonhy@fastmail.fm (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR TONHY SAM <tonhy@fastmail.fm>
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:21:09 +0200
Subject: Please Read This Information.


Fastmillionlone internatinal limited
Charlotte bronttesraat 127
1102 fg endhoven
netherland
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E-MAIL - tonhy@fastmail.fm
Telephone -31-633711208

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