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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
• 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.
  • ominicanadaresort@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CAROLINE HEFFORD" <ominicanadaresort@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 09:11:34 +0800
Subject: NEW BRANCH OF CANADA HOTEL OFFER VACANT POSTS

Hi
NICE MEETING YOU,MY NAME IS MISS CAROLINE HEFFORD,YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO OUR DATABASE FROM YAHOOGROUP JOB MEN LIST,AND AM WILLING TO CHOOSE YOU AS ONE OF THE NEW STAFFS WE ARE SEEKING FROM OTHER CONTINENT,AM
NOW WORKING AS NEW PERMANENT MANAGER OF OMINI CANADIAN RESORT IN MONTREAL.WE ARE NEWLY ESTERBLISHED RESORT CREATED OUT OF OMNI MONTROYAL HOTEL IN MONTREAL,WE ARE SETTING UP TO BEGINS SERVICES AS RESORTS N LOGDE,THEREFORE WE ARE IN NEEDS OF STAFFS,MEN AND WOMEN FROM OTHER CONTINENTS, THE ONES THAT WOULD BE SERIOUS MINDED AND LOYAL,AND WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK WITHOUT BEEN EXCUSES,HAVING HOTEL SERVICE EXPERIENCE ARE GOOD FOR US,ALSO WILL WOULD NOT MIND TO HAVE SERIOUS STAFF FOR RECRUITMENT IF WILLING. HOTEL SHALL RENDERS HELP FOR GETTING VISA, FLIGHT TICKETS AND ACCOMODATION.IF YOU ARE INTRESTED, YOU CAN CONTACT ME IMMIDIATELY ON THIS EMAIL : ominicanadaresort@gmail.com


LOVELY
REGARDS
MISS.CAROLINE (MANAGER).

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam