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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • gilmacsbv@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • kresoft@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: derick hans <derick@derick7.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:47:22 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Serial No: 223155-06




Kresoft International.
Sweepstakes Department.
Oostern Centrum
1488CY NL.
Serial No: 223155-06
Date: Noverber 18TH, 2006.

Dear Sir/Madam,

We write to inform you that you have been selected as a winner in our Kresoft Sweepstakes program that was conducted on the 16th day of November 2006. This email address as attached to Serial Number: 223155-06 and selected by our Electronics games Selection System (ESS) has won you our free sweepstakes in the general prize category. You have already been approved among the winners to apply for a total payment claim of €1,000,000:00 (One Million Euro Only) each as approved by our governing board. All email addresses that were used in this program were extracted from the Internet through our associate’s partners without the knowledge of each beneficiary. This program was conducted as a new promotional means of introducing our sweepstake services while at the same time a way of providing each beneficiary with capital funds for positive investment purposes.

You can only claim these funds by contacting the assign payment firm (House) as approved by our management. Kindly contact the Payment House (on email address: gilmacsbv@aim.com) with your Complete Names, Postal (Resident) Address, Telephone and Fax Numbers, Occupation, Age, the amount approved (Won) and the payment Reference Numbers. All funds not applied for after the 28th day of Noverber 2006 will be regarded as unclaimed funds. In other not to complicate the claim processes, we advices that you keep a copy of this message safe until your claim has been processed and collected either through the Bank-to-Bank Transfer means or in a Certified Bank Draft.

Congratulation from our company as we expect you to make good use of the funds.

Sincerely Yours,
Derick Hans (Dr).
Head Award Services.
Email: kresoft@excite.com

Copyright © 1991-2005 Kresoft International.

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Note: In accordance with the Kresoft policy and regulations, this message is dispatched directly to the recipient only. If you are not the rightful owner of this email address or feel that you have received this message by error, we advice you destroy this copy as you are not authorized to read, print, retain or disseminate any part of it.
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