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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • info.compensate007@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "marsh eric" <marsh_eric007@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:29:15 -0500
Subject: International Certified Bank Draft®

Attention:Dear Prominent User Of The Internet

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this
mail meets you in
a perfect condition.This is from a total cash prize of US 100,000.00
dollars,given to the
first FIFTY (50) people who will be compensated in this world internet
programms .
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site Through
computer draw
system and extracted from over 700.000 companies I am using this opportunity
to thank you for using the internet daily.

Due to your effort,using internet programs indoor and in your office,We
want to compensate
you and show our gratitude to you with the sum of $100,000.00 Thousand
United States Of
America Dollars we have authorized Mr.Mark Smiles to assist your in getting
your
compensation check across to you.

The name and contact address of the MR.HANDSOME PETERSON is as follows;
Mr.Handsome Peterson
Email:info.compensate007@yahoo.fr

Finally remember that I have forwarded instruction to the Mr.Handsome
Peterson on your behalf to send the cash prize of hunderd thousand United
State Of America Dollars to you as soon as
you contact him without delay . Please I will like you to accept this token
with good faith
as this is from the bottom of my heart.

Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hope to hear from you soon.

MR.ERIC MARSHAL
WORLD INTERNET PROGRAMMS®

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