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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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• 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.
  • soloda_002@yahoo.it

Fraud email example:

From: "soloda007@terra.es" <soloda007@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:00:19 +0100 (MET)
Subject: I NEED YOUR RESPONSE !!!!THANKS


Hello Dear ,
I am Mr. Solomon Ngida an ex-banker and the name of my
country is REP OF BENIN. A family friend MRS. Glory
Benson who happens to be the wife of a late banker and
my former boss intimated me on her intention to invest
the sum of US$85M (Eighty five million U.S. Dollars) in a
foreign country, being money left for her family by her
late husband who died recently. I advised her to have
patience as I will source for a reliable and
trust-worthy investor who can receive, invest and
manage the money very well for her.
I am soliciting on her behalf for you to help her
invest and manage the money properly in your country,
her areas of investment interest includes but not
limited to real estate and hotel .
Should you be interested, please furnish me with your
full contact details including phone nr. for more
clarification, so that I can furnish you with more
information for your immediate perusal. If you have any
questions, feel free to contact me.Reply to my private box
( soloda_002@yahoo.it )
Looking forward for your urgent response.
Best Regards,
Mr. Solomon Ngida








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