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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +32487266903 (Belgium, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • europeancommission11_eu@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rtittle1.11@mchsi.com (EUROPEAN UNION HEALTH COMMISSION)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:17:15 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND



EUROPEAN UNION HEALTH COMMISSION ON HIV/AIDS
(In partnership with)
ANTI FRAUD UNITS
OLAF
European Commission
B-1049 Bruxelles
BELGIQUE
Tel:- +32487266903
SPECIAL VACANCIES

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are an organization formed by the EU to reach you for humanitarian
health committed service to all the HIV / AIDS patients and victims in
Europe and Africa. The categories of persons involved in this package
are the youths and teens of Europe and Africa who have being infected
with this diseases and are poor to the level of not being able to
afford
the
required treatments.In order to meet the growing challenges and also
expand the scope of
assistance from friends and well wishers especially in the USA and
Canada, we are offering you the
position of E.U.H.C disbursement officer for the EU HEALTH COMMISSION
in the United States.
NOTE. You will be in charge of receiving and disbursing donations sent
to you from our friends and well-wishers in the United States or
Canada. All necessary
instructions on how to disburse any of these donations will be sent to
you by our legal officer in
London. This job is a part-time job which also allows you to maintain
your present
occupation. Your commission (salary) will be based on the 10% of every
donation received and disbursed by you.If you are interested and
willing to work for the betterment of human kind, kindly send to us
your
contact information
as listed below:
1. YOUR FULL NAME.
2. YOUR FULL CONTACT ADDRESS.
3. YOUR AGE.
4. YOUR OCCUPATION.
5. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS BOTH HOME AND CELL.
6. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
Upon your response, your details will be forwarded to our Legal Counsel
department in London for your employment clarifications. We await your
swift response for
further commencement.
Thanks
E.U.H.C. Diplomat Office
Mrs. Jessica Anderson.
Please reply your emails to this address
europeancommission11_eu@yahoo.com


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