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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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • mohamedfartu@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mohamed & fartu" <mohamedsister@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mohamedfartu@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:58:58 +0000
Subject: Hello and good day my dear,


Hello and good day my dear,
I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but it as an emergency to my condition with my sister here , i and my sister is looking for someone who is faithful and trusted to help us transfer the money in your country for a good investment. I am Mr Mohamed and my sister fartu from the republic of Sudan in Central Africa Dafur, now seeking for refuge under the(UNHCR)united nation high commission
for refuge with my sister.I got your contact during a desperate search for a possible transaction.
My (late) father HON DR. kader hamdi, who was the former ministre of finance and economy in Sudan before he was assinated by the rebbles in the captal city of Khartoon 2003. And all our properties was totally destroyed. However, we managed to escape with some of my father's documents covering ( $5.5 Million dollars ) deposited in a security and finance house for safety purpose on my name as the only me and my sister of the family and the next of kin .The manager director of the finance house have approved to transfer the fund deposited on my name but we are looking for a trust and reaible foreign partner who will assist us to transfer and inves the fund in his country.i was advice to live where we are now with my mother because i was the next target as the only me and my sister of my family.
And all the vital documents will be fax to you as our foreign partner who will recive the fund for the investment. Meanwhile, we are saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foriegn personality to help us transfer the money and invest it in his country and into his possession pending our arrival to meet with him. Furthermore, we only want this done this way because your country is politically stable for any profitable investment and only if you accept our proposal, you will serve as the beneficiary of the fund on commencement of this proposed transactions, you will send me and my mother a letter of
inviation ! to enable us to get a visa and fly down to your country once the fund
is been transfer to your country.i believe that Almighty God can not come down from heaven to help his children is true somebody .because this money is all our hope since my late father died. I am giving you the offers as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist us, we have decided to invest 45% of the total fund based on equity participation in your company. Secondly, we shall also take 5% out for any miscelleneous expenses that may occure during the transfer. Conclusively, i wish you send me a reply immediately as soon as you recieve this proposal so that we shall arrange on how this fund will be transfer to your country. On
commencement,this transaction will take nothing less than 8 working days to be accomplished as the manager of the finance house told me and my mother. All documents covering the fund are with us here . I will fax you all the vital documents to enable you to contact the finance firm for the transfer.i and my sister is sending greetings to you and your family. Please contact me on this email (mohamedfartu@yahoo.co.uk )
as soon as you recive this massage for more detals please my dear i need your direct contact cell phone so that we can contact you on how to transfer the fund to your possession. please keep it secert and confidetail between you because this money is all our hope . Thanks and God bless you as you do ,
Yours Mohamed & fartu

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