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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.
  • s_c_c001@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ed.eric2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:00:12 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONTACT=20SHALOM=20COURIER=20COMPANY=20FOR=20YOUR=20ATM=20CARD=20SUM=20OF=20=241=2E500=2E000?=

Hello Dear,

I have Paid for the delivery of your MASTER CARD.but the manager of CENTRAL
BANK BENIN told me that before the ATM CARD will get to you that the validity
date will be short.

So i told the director of SHALOM COMPANY to make sure that the ATM CARD
is re-activated before sending it to you. All the necessary payment of delivering
the ATM CARD credited with $1.500.000 was made with SHALOM COMPANY. This
is the information they need to delivery your ATM MASTER CARD to you.

1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4.MOBIL PHONE
5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE
6.CODE: (CD0081)

SEND THE ABOVE INFORMATION TO THE DIRECTOR REV.DR.MAXSWELL SHARGAN.
REV.DR.MAXSWELL SHARGAN.
EMAIL:(s_c_c001@yahoo.fr)
PHONE:+229 93 861 888
WEB:www.shalomcompany-fastest.tk

Sincerely
SECRETARY

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