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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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.
  • dr_russellbcuhionye133@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DR RUSSELL BUCHIONYE <rbu_01@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:32:27 +0000
Subject: FROM DR RUSSELL BUCHIONYE



FROM DR RUSSELL BUCHIONYE

This is an official notification of funds deposited in your name. We arrange for the safekeeping of special and valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy. A benefactor whose identity can not be disclosed because of the Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the said benefactor when the funds were being deposited, made you the beneficiary of a package containing someamount of money. The Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement signed with the benefactor mandates us to fully divulge and disclose the benefactor's identity 18 months after you, the beneficiary, has received the funds.

The funds totals US$7.5M (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) and we confirm that these funds are fully free of anyliens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and non-criminal origin and are available in the form of CASH.

You are hereby advised to reconfirm your Full Contact Information for verification with information contained in our database in the format stated below. After verifying the details with the information we have in our database,you will be contacted to personally claim the funds in the Finance and Security Firm in Europe where its being kept with the Consignment Deposit Information(C.D.I) that will empower you to do so.

This Consignment Deposit Information (C.D.I) is what is needed to claim the funds and will only be sent to you after all your information has been verified and confirmed to be true. 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)__________________________ Date of Birth (Day/Month/Year):___________________ Direct Telephone/Mobile Number: _____________________________ Fax Number:_______________________________________ Complete the above and send back to me as soon as possible. Congratulations in advance. Thank you and I sincerely remain

DR RUSSELL BUCHIONYE
E-MAIL:dr_russellbcuhionye133@yahoo.co.uk
_________________________________________________________________
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