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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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• 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.
  • alex5@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "timothy musaa" <timothy.musaa1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 10:15:03 +0100
Subject: good news


Dearest.Friend,

This is to inform you about my success in getting the
money moved under the co-operation of a new partner from Paraguay.
Presently i'm in Paraguay for investing with my own part of the total
money,
Meanwhile i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in
moving the cash despite that both of us could not make it.
Now contact my secretary, his name is MR. Godwin Alex his email address
is
(gowin _alex5@excite.com)ask him to send you the ATM MASTER CARD which
contains the sum of ($850,000.00) i kept for your compensation of all
the
past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter, I appreciate
your
efforts at that time very much.
So feel free and get in touch with my secretary MR. Godwin Alex and
instruct
him where to send you the ATM CARD.
So please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can
share the
joy together after all the sufferness at that time,In the moment, I am
very
busy here investing with my new partner.
Finally, I have forwarded instruction to my secretary to send the
Confirmable ATM MASTER CARD to you,So dont hesitate to get in touch
with MR. Godwin Alex intruct him on how you want the CARD to be delivered.
DO
FAST
AND CONTACT HIM IMMEDIETLY OK?
Best Regards
good news to you

Mr Timothy

THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORT

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