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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.
  • tututi_drcongo@k.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Tututi Kalabi <lioyd2001@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: tututi_drcongo@k.ro
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:32:48 -0800
Subject: Good - day


Hello.friend

How are you and your family? I have some funds I will want you and to
invest in your country. I have some good some of money that was
deposited in my name by my Mother before her dead .The money was deposited
with a Finace BANK in GHANA .The amount deposited is $18.6 million Dollars.

I will want to know from you if you can help and receive this funds
for me and help with you personality and fine a partner who can invest
the funds for us.

I have all the documents covering the funds with my lawyer .As soon
as you confirm your interest I will make all arrangements for the fund
to get to you with out any problem as you may think.

If there is any Question you may want to ask please do to fall to do
so as I am not happy again staying in Africa .

As soon as you confirm your interest I will forward all the documents
to you to see .
I want you to forward to me your direct tel numbers to me so that we can
talk on phone.

My Tel number +233 24 3003 708
Email: tututi_drcongo@k.ro

Thanks and GOD bless you.


Mr.TUTUTI KALABI M.

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