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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • pastordanodede@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PASTORDANIEL ODEDE" <pastor_danodede01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pastordanodede@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:55:00 +0100
Subject: A compelling massage from Little muluzu



Holy Church Foundation
Pastor Daniel Odede
136 Wilkinson Road,
London
Reply To pastordanodede@yahoo.fr
May this message be a blessing to you.

It is with heart full of pity that i seek for your
foreign assiatnce to a 15 year old boy names Peter
Muluzu Jr. son of a wealthy Gold merchant in London.
My name is Pastor. Daniel Odede ,a pastor of
the Holy Church Foundation in London. This is
a compelling story, and I beg you to be patient and
read through to the end.

This little boy named Peter Muluzu has been sleeping
in our church for the past one month where he is
seeking refuge for his dear life. Peter confided in me
of his life history and about her late parents who were
assasinated by unknown assasins last month. The little
boy suspects that his parents were killed by his family
relations because he escaped being killed by his uncles
who tried to kill him too and forcely take away all that
his parents left behind.

For this reason, Peter told me that his father
deposited the total sum of Ten million, five hundred
thousand US Dollars (US$10,500,000.00 million) in the bank and he showed me
all
documents.

Peter has now asked me to help him and source for a
credible and trustworthy foreign partner abroad who
will claim out the deposited money. I plead with you
to assist this young boy as almighty God will be
with you. A goodwill reward awaits you.

Looking forward to your urgent reply,And please know
that this transaction is very confidential.

Thanks and God bless for your understanding;

Sincere regards,
Pastor.Daniel Odede

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