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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:

• 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.
  • jane1didier@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: jane didier <jane1didier@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:20:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear one


Dear one
From janedidier,
Amina guest hotel,
Dear one,
I am jane by name, I look on your profile and I find out some thing special on you, so please I will like to discuss some matter with you,is about transfering my late father funds into your account, I don't know how you fell about it, well please if you realy want to help me please don't write through this site because i don't have much access in this site. so write me through this my private email address you can get me on (jane1didier@yahoo.com

And again is very urgent, my dear don't disappiont this relationship I want to build with you, forever in my life.
Thanks untill I read from you then you can hear the full details.
Bye from jane



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