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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • maxwellf1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Maxwell Freeman." <maxwellf3@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: maxwellf2@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:06:40 +0000
Subject: Greetings of the day!!



Greetings of the day!!
I come across your profile and have decided to get in touch with you after the prayer, to see if you can help me and my sister to solve our problem.

My name is Maxwell Freeman with my kid sister, The Son and Daughter of (Late Chief Dr. John Freeman ) who lost his life in the course of the crisis in
our country bakashi peninsular Cameron on the 20Th of October last year on his way to his company. My father willed in cash, the sum of $10.5 Million
US Dollars in which he deposited in a Fixed/Suspense bank account in one of the prime bank in West Africa.

We contact you to confirm if you can absorb us in partnership in your company or possibly advise us on any investment opportunity in your country. When
we reach agreement with you, the bank will release our fund into you account that you shall nominate and we will come over to you to commence business
partnership with you and with the fund.

We expect your urgent response including your addresses, your telephone and fax number. You can contact us through this our email (maxwellf1@yahoo.fr
and we are going to give you 32 % of the fund if you will help us to get the fund from the bank here.

Thanks for expected cooperation.

Our Regard,

Mr. Maxwell Freeman.

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