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

Fraud email example:

From: courier delivery <courierdeliverydep@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:17:29 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Courier company..


Atten; Winner,
I am in receipt of your email concerning your shipment. However you are advice to furnish us with these following requirement to enable us deliver your money safely. To avoid any wrong delivery.

Note that we are not scammers, because we do not have anything to do with you either the uk national lottery who made this transfer to us for shipment. So you are advice to provide these following details. And also find out from the uk national lottery company.

Name.
House address…
Telephone number
Fax line
Cost of shipment….

Below is the contact to the uk company. Mrs. Helen Mark. Email Address… helenmarkuklotto@yahoo.com

Please do find out from her about your winning prize that was posted here for delivery. We can only deliver when we receive our delivery fee. As soon as you get this mail please act fast. And also you can get us the name of the people you said they told you about this so that I can verify properly and find out who they are. Because the uk government and American government are not happy about the way people uses the name of this company for fraudulent act.

Hope to hear from you soon?

Best regard.

Smith Moore.


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