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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: GREG MOTTOR <gregmotors_britain@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:04:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE:{Spam?} CONGRATULATIONS .


Mr Hert,
Could you send your particulars and information to enable us reach
you.Your phone numbers and address is needed to enable us process your winning price.
Cindy
Baldemar Hert <BaldeHER37@germanmail.info> wrote:

Dear Friend,

The email you sent me is much surprising.

For your notice, I would like to have faith in your message but I have had an difficult experience in the past with an esteemed banker who still has failed to pay me a lot of guaranteed funds despite my complying all the commands given, including the remittance by me of a lot of money.

Just now I am going through a delicate affair at my work and quite often I can become somewhat bemused about other affairs but I have been perusing your mail and I am unassured that I comprehend it all wholly.

Imminently I wish to read a kind reply from you at your earliest convenience.

Mr Hert




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Baldemar Hert
Congatulations .
Be adviced to fill your attached form and send it back as =
soon as possible for us to processed your winning price.
Ne informed that this is done to enable us pay the origina=
l recipient or winner
as so many people are sending bogus information and emails t=
o claim prices
or ask for money illegally. moreso as a result of the afor=
e mentioned fact many
also had forefieted their winning price negligently.
Congratulations once small and God bless.
=20
Cindy
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