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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:
  • "insurance fee " (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. )
• 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.
  • billalex000@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: bill alex <bii_78_bill@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <billalex000@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:18:21 +0100
Subject: From: Mr Bill Alex



From: Mr Bill Alex
This is to inform you that your funds of US$7.5 Million have been converted into a Bank Draft and will be mailed to you after the Bank Draft is insured and we have no right to scan the Bank Draft for any reason whatsoever until it is duly insured.You were made the beneficiary of the funds by a benefactor whose details will be made known to you after you have received the funds in accordance with the Non Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the Benefactor when the funds were being deposited.The Funds are completely free from any form of illegality and the documentations that will authenticate the source of the funds will also be forwarded to you so that you will be exonerated from any interrogation after the Bank Draft is deposited in your account.You are hereby advised to send your Full Names, Complete Address with Zip Code and most importantly a direct telephone number where you can be reached at any time of the day.Due to the amount of money involved, the Bank Draft can not be sent to you without being insured and the insurance of the Bank Draft will cost you an affordable amount as the Agreement signed with the benefactor forbids anyone from deducting any amount whatsoever from your funds and so no one has the right to deduct any amount from the Funds.The Bank Draft will be sent to you within a maximum of 48 hours after the Insurance Fee is paid.So, send the requested information immediately so that I will instruct you on how to make the payment of the Insurance Fee as this Insurance Fee is mandatory because there is no way the Bank Draft can be sent to you without it being insured.
The information should therefore be sent in the manner stated below so as to ensure that no mistake is made. Your Full Name: ___________________________ Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code) :
____________________________Your Age/Occupations. __________________
Direct Telephone/Mobile Number: ____________________________
Fax Number:___________________________________
Please reply your mail to this email address . billalex000@yahoo.com.hk
Regards,
Mr Bill Alex
_________________________________________________________________
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