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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • ogiekatrosmm@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ogie katros <ogiekatrosmm@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 01:58:05 +1000 (EST)
Subject: MR.OGIE KATROS MESSAGE.


Dearest One,

happy day to you and your families
I saw your identify profile in a site
during my research for a reliable person
overseas who will come to my aide by
assisting me in transferring my late father's money
for investment.I hope that you will be of help and
honest with me in managing this money for me for
Investment.Meanwhile i will like you to email me on time because I want to leave this place immediately to avoid the people that assassinated my
beloved father not to kill me. presently i am hiding in a hotel and I have decided
to remain here until I hear from you, and again i want you to assure me with every possibilty of the safety of this money in your position before I will give you the contact of the bank.So that you will then contact the Bank on my behalf as my late father's business partner overseas and that you want me
to come over to your Country to stay with you
and continue my education.And that you want them to
transfer my late father's money in their bank to your
account for investment.


Thanks and God bless you.


MR.OGIE KATROS
NOTE BELOW,

THE AMOUNT OF THE MONEY DEPOSITED IS
5.9 MILLION BRITISH POUNDS.
pls here is my private email box below.
(ogiekatrosmm@yahoo.com.au)

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