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

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Yala" <yala222@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: yala221@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:10:09 +0000
Subject: Is For You My Friend !!!

Dear,
I'm happy to inform you about our success in getting the fund received under the cooperation of a new partner from Japan .
Presently I’ m in Japan for investment projects with our own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in receiving the funds despite that it failed us some how. Now
you will need to contact former personal secretary to the Finance Firm Director. Whom used to be a God-sent to me when i was in
Dakar , his name is Mr. A. H. Hassan and his email address is as follows: ahhabibi@myway.com

Ask him to send you a certified bank draft of $900.000.00 which I prepared and kept for your compensation for all the past efforts
and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with
Mr. A. H. Hassan. and instruct him where to send you the money.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share our joy after all the sufferings at that time. In the moment, I
am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had
forwarded instruction to Mr. A.H. Hassan on your behalf to receive that money.
Therefore feel free to get in touch with him and he will send the amount to you without delay.
Take Good care of you & you’re Family.
.
Best Regard

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