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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:
  • "30% for you " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • tricia67gh@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Tricia Akosua Geraid" <tricia04gh@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: tricia67gh@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:15:17 +0000
Subject: Hello

Hello dear,
My name is Tricia. I am an orphan and currently work in a Bank that my
adopting parents owned.Mr. and Mrs. Gerald, a barren couple adopted me when
I was 8yrs old. When I newly became part of their family, I lacked nothing.
Things moved smoothly. There, I developed a sense of belonging and they
never deprived of anything as a member of the family. Life was fun till they
had an auto crash that took their lives on 15th Aug. 2006.
Even when their bodies were still lying at the Mortuary, Mr. Gerald’s
siblings had already started fighting each other over his properties and who
manages his bank, farm and mining company. If blood brothers could greedily
be at each others throat because of their late brother’s wealth, then what
happens to me?
As tradition demands here, Mr. Gerald’s siblings have the right to take over
the running/management of their late brother’s businesses since he didn’t
have a male child. It’s obvious that I will be ejected from this bank or
demoted sooner or later and I don’t want to be caught unawares. I have moved
$5Million from the companies’ Accounts and placed it on an Escrow Coded
Account without a beneficiary (anonymous) to avoid trace. I want you to
stand in as the original depositor of this fund so that the money will be
transferred to you for both of us to share 30% for you and 70% for me. With
me calling the shots from here, you have nothing to worry about. All you
need do is follow my directives and instructions and we will achieve the
desired success.Reply to my private email address:: tricia67gh@hotmail.com
..Awaiting your timely response. With warm wishes to all near and dears…
Regards, Tricia. Call::+233-249-261323

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