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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.
  • chrstphr_mauro@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "brian glebovich" <christo33@rediffmail.com>
Date: 31 Dec 2006 11:15:02 -0000
Subject: Re: From Christopher In Iraq:


I have a very&nbsp; urgent&nbsp; need for assistance, I will disclose&nbsp; my identity and how I got your contact as soon as&nbsp; I am sure that you will not use&nbsp; this information against me, but I am presently serving in&nbsp; Mosul , Iraq , and will also send&nbsp; you adequate&nbsp; proof of my identity when it is safe to do so.
I have to urgently move&nbsp; some&nbsp; money out of here to a safe country as soon as i can have some assistance because of the restrictions, and&nbsp; I have discovered a secure way of doing so, I will explain the&nbsp; source&nbsp;&nbsp; money to you when I&nbsp; am convinced that you sincerely&nbsp; want to work with me. Concealing&nbsp; this money here has been a big problem/source of distraction to&nbsp; me,&nbsp; what I&nbsp; require from you now is the assurance that you&nbsp; will honor my conditions, mostly as regards&nbsp; taking care of my share, and preserving all information relating to this, I am offering&nbsp; you&nbsp; 5 million dollars ($5,000,000) for your role.&nbsp; Should you have reasons to reject this&nbsp; offer,&nbsp; please destroy this mail as any&nbsp; leakage will be too&nbsp; bad for us.I will continue with the details when you signify your intention to work with me. Please for safety purposes, send response to: chrstphr_mauro@yahoo.com
Respectfully,&nbsp;Christopher

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