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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (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.
  • f_oumar@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Farba Oumar" <f_oumar1@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: f_oumar@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 14:32:14 +0200
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION DEAR

Mr. Farba Oumar
Dakar-Senegal
002214629800
Hello Dear,
I know that this massage will come to you as a surprise as we don't know eachother before. I need your assistance to transfer Ten million, two hunderd thousand United States dollars (UD$10.2million) from our bank.
The fund was deposited with our bank by Mr.Dow D.Rice,a foreigner and the manager of petrol chemical service here in Dakar Senegal.
Late Mr.Dow D.Rice with his family went to his country New York, USA for a summer vacation, after a year and some months we heard that Mr.Dow D.Rice and his family had a plane crash with American Airlines Flight 587,for more details go through the following Website: <http://www.airsafe.com/events/aa587.htm> .
Mr.Dow D.Rice was a chemical engineer by proffession and he died on 12 November 2001,at Approximately 9:17 A.M local time, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300-600.
So I want to transfer the money to a safe foreign account abroad but I don't know any foreigner who will assist me in this regards hence I contact you to assist me.
I want you to be rest-asured that it is real and a genuine business. I believe in God that you will never let me down in this transaction,reply immediately with your full contact information, phone and fax number for us to discuss further details regarding how to make a smooth and successful transfer of the money for joint investment.
Reply me through this email address: f_oumar@yahoo.co.uk
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Farba Oumar.

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