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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.
  • ridwanpassim2@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: URGENT MESSAGE FOR YOU <infofunds@aim.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:12:09 +0100
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE FOR YOU


emember to keep this transaction very confidential!


I am Passim Ridwan from Iraq, now in Damascus Syria. Due to the war in my country with the Americas
but I was able to cross the border to Syria.

I am contacting you on behalf of late contractor in Iraq. Who died on the attack by the Americas solider
who have made my country a war ground,
you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by the contractor before they get confiscated .
The funds this huge money that was deposited as consignment with the finance security house where
the deceased have valued of US$204Million
(two hundred and four million dollars) deposited .

We shall share the money thus as partners while 20% will be used to Re-imbrues any expenses that might
be incurred on both ends.
I have all the necessary legal documentation that will be adjusted to favours to back the clearness of the
consignment.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through.I guarantee that this will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
This proposal requires your utmost commitment and cooperation which would be used aggressively to
pursue results as we progress with this transaction.

Read on the site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

Confirm the following details below for you to contact finance security house and book a date for your
clearness of the consignment .

1 full names and age
2 personal phone and fax number,
3 your identity,
4 occupation and address

Please contact me as soon as possible with your good interest at my personal
Email: ridwanpassim2@aim.com for more details

Yours truly,

Passim Ridwan
Email: ridwanpassim2@aim.com
Remember to keep this transaction very confidential

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