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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.
  • patrick-beson11@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "patirck benson" <patrick-beson11@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:24:02 +0100
Subject: I await for your call. 00229 993811821

Dear Mr Ricacardo,

Alcoho  and smoking meant for frustration peoples and Gambling or what ever you called it meant for Jobless beings, which record as criminals hubby's.

Coming to my telephone number, here it's again: 00229 993811821, pls keep trying it you will surely get me through. though some time our net get bad, but I do recieved call generally.

So can I have your own number and your Identity as to build a good friendship and proceed to what ever it's like in these great Global world.

I await for your call.

Your Friend

Mr. Patrick.

 

 

 

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From:  Riccardo Fiedst <fiedstriccardo55@mozartmail.info>
Reply-To:  fiedstriccardo55@mozartmail.info
To:  patrick-beson11@hotmail.com
Subject:  RE:Sorry for late responsed.
Date:  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:57:29 +0100
>
>Thank you for replying.
>
>Can you also confirm to me this: what about my European social security taxation issues?
>
>Kindly communicate to me some information about you: do you gamble or imbibe alcohol? Please be honest.
>
>Please do not disappoint me. I will await your response.
>
>best regards,
>
>Mr Fiedst
>
>Extra note: You should be informed that the phone number supplied was unobtainable. Please give to me a workable number.
>
>A power beyond measure requires a protector without equal. http://www.ppmusic.com/music/comp03.htm

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