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

Fraud email example:

From: "Silvester dOliveria" <silvesterdoliveria39@rediffmail.com>
Date: 6 Feb 2007 12:57:22 -0000
Subject: Compliment of the season


Hello My good Friend,
Compliment of the season, I\'m happy to inform you about the success in getting those Funds transfered, we succeded with the collaboration of a new partner from Switzerland. Prensently I\'m in China for investment of my own share of the the money. Meanwhile I did not forget your past efforts and attempt to assist me and my partners&nbsp; in transfering those funds despite the fact that it failed, some how then but because of your comitment I requested that I have your contact so that we can have something sent to you.
Contact my former secretary now in Republic of Benin.
Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr. Gerald Somuha.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Financial Bank&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Port Novo Branch.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Republic Of Benin.E-mail:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gerald_somuha@myway.com
Ask him to send you the international bank draft with a face value of $1.030,000.00 which I raised and kept in your favour as your own share for all your past efforts and attempts to assit me and my patners then. Note that I also gave him $170 for mailing, so feel free and get in touch with my secretary instruct him where to mail the Draft to you without delay.
Kindly let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffering in that time, at the moment&nbsp; I\'m very busy here with my investment project which me and new partner.
Best Regards
Dr. Silvester D\' Oliveria.

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