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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:
  • "the consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • madambev_mur88@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Madam Beverly Ann Murray <madambev000@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <madamann_bev@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:51:34 +0200
Subject: Hi Dear,



Hi Dear,My name is Beverly Ann Murray, I'm a deaf and dumb American white woman can’t talk aswell hear with other’s i was born October 28th 1948 my condition of health is declining. I want to enter into a longterm relationship business deal with you that will benefit both of us at the end of the day is legal, 100% risk and stress free. Partner as a matter of urgency i want you to claim out my consignment trunk box containing $10 Million inside from a diplomatic services where is deposited for safe keeping as a personal valuable's belonging's to your place as my partner to claim it now on my behalf because this consignment trunk box is now over due for claiming from the company storage,this mean that the diplomatic services management does not know the real content of this consignment trunk box is money inside, so pls keep it with a top secret and highly confidential don't tell anyone even the company management when you contact with them for the security reason's of this money in the consignment trunk box not to be tempered with. I want you to understand that this is a 2 day's business deal when you contact with the company they are going to use their airbus boeing 747 to have it ship to you in your doorstep address, So pls if you are capable to handle this consignment trunk box from the company storage to your place get back to me with your full name, your address and anycontact detail's immediately for more detail's pls reply to my e-mailbox as follow's, madambev_mur88@yahoo.com I am looking forward to receive your mail in my e-mailbox stated above so that i can give you more full detail's on what to do asap.Thank's and bye for now.Regard's,Beverly Ann Murray.USA
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