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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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.
  • drpeterwagner@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peterswagner@terra.es" <peterswagner@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:09:40 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: RE: HELLO FRIEND



From The Desk Of Dr. Peter Wagner,
Contractor , Chevron Oil Company ,
London , UK,
Email:drpeterwagner@myway.com

My Dear Friend,
I'm Writing you based on the solid information I
gathered about you and your already existing company,
in the UK email database.Please don't be surprise that
I 'm writing you , because your email and contacts are
in the database mentioned above, perhaps my reason for
contacting you is:
My Name is Dr Peter Wagner and am a Contractor to
Chevron Oil company , a multi national co-operation
operating in London UK. Am seeking your assistance to
transfer the sum of twelve million United States
Dollars($12,000,000) into an overseas account , maybe
in your country or any other place in the world .This
Money was realized in the just completed contract
awarded to our company by the English Government here
in England , and I want to secretly move this money
out of England for my private investment in Real Estate.

My Reason for this is not far fetched , as I 'm a
victim of Racism and segregation in the company I have
been working selflessly for the past 25 years of
service . I have been cheated out of my entitlements
for so long simply because am not a British.Am promising to
give you 30% share of this money while 60% will be
mine, 10% will be for any kind of expenses you
might incur during the cause of this transaction. This said Fund is
already with a bank in Asia.

Please I need your urgent response to this letter
before my plans to leave London is discovered . Right
now the safest means of correspondence is via my
private email: drpeterwagner@myway.com
Your Full Names/Address and Telphone.
.
Best Regards,
Dr Peter Wagner
Chevron Oil Cooperation,
London, England.
drpeterwagner@myway.com







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