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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • harryduke_03@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "dave steve" <davesteve22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: harryduke_03@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:57:57 +0000
Subject: Urgent Contact My Secretary

Dear Friend,
 
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund released and transferred to Deutsche bank Germany, under the cooperation of a new partner from South Africa, Who is a citizen of United Kingdom. Presently I'm in Germany, where he assisted to deposit the money, and the money has been currently deposited with DEUTSCHE BANK GERMANY .
 
I will soon finish my investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary, his name is Harry Duke, and his email address is,  harryduke_03@yahoo.com ask him to send you the total sum of $800.000.00 which I mapped out for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.
 
Note that already I have written a bank draft worth of that value on your behalf, I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary (Harry Duke) I instruct him to send the bank draft to you via Courier service. In other not to make any error on the bank draft I have instructed my secretary to insert your full name as soon as you get back to him.
 
Please, do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings, and stress at that time, 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 the secretary on your behalf to release the bank draft to you , so feel free to get in touch with him, and he will send the bank draft to you without any delay, I am now a happy man in life.
 
Thanks, and remain blessed.
 
Mr.Dave Steve .

 

N: B ......I HAVE NOT MADE ANY PROVISION FOR THE DELIVERY CHARGES.

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