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

Fraud email example:

From: "ferdinand luke" <ferdinandluke@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 19:41:07 +0100
Subject: Serious and sincere approach


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Dear Amarjit Singh
I am ferdinand luke, working with Diplomatic securities and finance company
in europe.Our company have assisted some of the african leaders and
politicians to move some fund and valuables through our special arrangments
as a consignment.Some of these consignments where not claimed as results of
deaths and some government restrictions, therefore sent to suspense whare
house.
Presently there are unclaimed ones about to send to suspense whare house,but
i have
perfected every arrangments to claim one the the consigment containing a lot
of funds if i have a reiable person to assist me. If you are interested in
the matter, you let know through this email adress ( fednandluke@uymail.com)
for more datails and how to proceed.
Sincerely
Ferdinand Luke

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