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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • frank_martin51@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Martin <pa_sm12@yahoo.com.ar>
Reply-To: frank_martin50@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:17:30 -0300 (ART)
Subject: From Mr.Frank Martin !!!


Hello My Dear,

Greetings to you and to your family, My Name is Mr.Frank Martin, I am the Accountant officer to Late Mr.Morris Thompson, an American great industrialist and a resident of Alaska, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and her only daughter, you shall read more news about the crash on visiting this website: http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

But before he death, he deposited, Sum of ($15,000,000,00 Fifteen Million United States of America Dollars), in a Security Company, However, the Security Company does not know the content of the boxes in their vault, I happened to know of the content of these boxes because I am his Accountant officer handling all his financial matters.

The documents of these funds are in my position Now,so I seek your Assistance to help me get the funds out from the Security Company, knowning, I do hereby seek a trust worthy person who is ready to help in the collection of these funds from the security company, meanwhile if you are willing and ready to assist me as requested i will give you 25% from the total fund for your assistance 5% will be maped out for any expensis, 75% will be for me, in your account for my investment in your country

Please if your are interested respond back to me through this email Address:[frank_martin51@yahoo.com.hk] For more dateils about this business, i want you to understand that this transaction is 100% risk free, So you have nothing to worry about this business,

I Looking forward to hear from you,

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Frank Martin.



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