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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:
  • "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.
  • verissimo_gomez8888@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: seabra gomes <seabravc_888gomes@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <verissimo_gomez8888@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:51:19 +0000
Subject: Re:Salut Pleasure to be your friend From Dr Seabra M. Gomes




From Dr Seabra M. GomesAuditing & Accounting Departmentof Banque Atlantique Togo.

Dear Sir,

I wish this my proposal will not come to you as a surprise.I am Dr Seabra M. Gomes,a Regional Director of Banque Atlantique Togo,We have a foreign client who used to work with Shell Oil Company here in Republic of Togo under contract,he deposited a huge amount of $20.5m(Twenty million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) in our Bank,eventually this client,died on the 21st of April 2001,our client and his family were involved in a car accident along Kara-Sokode expressway while arriving from Holidays back to Lome,Togo.

In this situation I have monitored his Account closely with my position in the Bank and no One has come to claim his money over this years after his death with his family, hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past six years plus,I seek your concept to present as the next of kin to the deceased, since no one or Family member has come for the claim of the fund,so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. I'm now soliciting for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his designated foreign bank account in his or her country.

This does not have any risk I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and I will furnish you with details but do not forget to keep the top secret. you will be entitled to 40% of the total fund as gratification,while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone/fax bills.I look forward to hear from you immediately as you receive this message.

My Private Emails is verissimo_gomez8888@yahoo.ca.

Best Regards,

Dr Seabra M. Gomes.
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