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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.
• 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.
  • claimagent_26@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Smith Foster <smithfoster044@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: claimagent_26@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:29:34 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CANADA STATE LOTTERY


ADIAN STATE LOTTERY
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
4120 Yonge Street, Suite 420
Toronto, ON M2P 2B8
DATE: AUGUST.06/08/2007.
YOU HAVE WON USD$1.5 MILLION
Our Dear Winner,
You won the sum of usd$1.5M, ( One million-Five Hundred Thousand U.S.
Dollars from the Canadian State Lottery).
The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet Email
Users, from which your Email Address came out as the winning coupon.
We hereby contact you to claim the winning amount quickly as this is a
monthly lottery.
Failure to claim your win will result into the reversion of the fund
to our following month lottery.
You are therefore requested to contact immediately our Claims
Department below quoting your winning number : cal-05215796.
Contact:
Mr Steven Thomas.(Director Winning Claims Department).
EMAIL: claimagent_26@yahoo.ca
Provide the following informations needed to process your winning
claim.
Full name:........................................
Age:..............................................
Sex:..............................................
Residential address:..............................
Nationality:......................................
Occupation:.......................................
Post held:........................................
Tel(s):...........................................
Fax:..............................................
Company name:..........................................
once again
Congratulation
Regards.
CO-ORDINATOR.
CANADA STATE LOTTERY
(Mr) SMITH FOSTER.



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