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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.
  • paulhanleyza@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: paul hanley <p_hanley26@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <paulhanley2za@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:13:00 +0200
Subject: Get back to me




Hello,

I am Mr. Paul Hanley bank manager with Investec Bank of South Africa, I am also the account manager to an Australian businessman based in South Africa by name Mr. Hadock Brads who died through fatal road accident in year 2005. I am writing to solicit for your assistance in transfer of funds left in his account in amount of USD14.5M for disbursement amongst us and subsequent investment.

If interested in this offer please furnish me on my private email paulhanleyza@hotmail.com with the following so that I can effect necessary changes of our system whereby your name will appear as the next of kin to the deceased: Your name in full, office or residential address, contact no Tel & fax, proof of identification e.g. driver’s license and your occupation. Note that your share for participating on this exercise will be 30% of the total sum transferred to your account.

I await your swift response,

Mr. Paul Hanley.
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