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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • sawsanhag@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sawsan mohamed <mohamed-sawsan20@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <sawsanhag@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 08:37:30 +0200
Subject: Mrs Sawsan Mohamed.



Mrs Sawsan El-Hag Mohamed.E-mail:sawsanhag@yahoo.co.uk Dearest Friend. My name is Mrs Sawsan Mohamed evacuated from Lebanon by the UN ,although I was born in U A E but of Sudanese Origin. I am contacting you based on trust and I believe you will treat this offer with keen interest and utmost sincerity. Following the recent crises in Lebanon my late husband business suffer a tremendous set back, he run a currency trading company and money exchange bureau in Beirut. During one of the recent Bomb explosion in Beirut his office building was razed to nothing leaving 13 people dead including my husband and over 19 injured. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $6.500,000.00 Million,a Metallic Box with a Security company in Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire. Presently this money in the Box is still in the custody of a Security Company in Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire.My Doctor told me that it is very likely I will die within the next 3 months due to A Blood cancer {Leukamia}. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live,according to medical experts.But the company has no Idea of the content,but as valuables.
Please let me know urgently if I can trust you:
I have decided to donate the money to you: for charity Organisation,for the less priviladge and for the disables, since I do not have a child to inherit it and it better I do not die leaving the money here without it reaching the poor and the lessprivilaged ones in the society. I will need a copy of your international passport and mine will be sent to you as well. Best regards.Mrs Sawsan El-Hag Mohamed

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