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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • antoniorodrigo@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?us-ascii?Q?antonio=20rodrigo?= <advocatepartner2005@email.cz>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:33:21 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?BUSINESS=20PROPOSAL=28PLEASE=20READ=20MY=20MAIL=29?=

Dear friend,
I hope this meets you in good health. My name is Antonio Rodrigo a legal practitioner and Attorney to late Mr. Harley Grahams who died in the Madrid bomb Blast of March 11th, 2004 .
My late client was an influential wealthy businessman, a British Contractor and a big time Oil dealer and the Principal owner of Oil Alliance Company and he left behind a substantial amount of millions of money with a Security and Finance company here in Madrid Spain . The total Amount in question is ( US$10,000.000.00) Ten Million U.S. dollars only.
However, I would like both of us to work together and pull this fund out from the security company where it is presently being held in trust for the deceased. Please, provide me with your direct confidential contact details in your reply to this email should you be interested in cooperating with me. I assure you of my utmost confidentiality and transparency in this transaction as you will be adequately rewarded.
Please, kindly oblige me your confidential phone number in your reply to this email so that I can call first to speak with you as there are a lot of information that I can not divulge over the internet for security reasons.
I will give you more details as soon as I received your reply urgently. Kindly send your swift reply with your direct phone number to my confidential email address below.
Email; antoniorodrigo@sify.com
Yours truly,
Antonio Rodrigo
Madrid-Spain.
Email; antoniorodrigo@sify.com

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