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

Fraud email example:

From: A S <sotecexport169@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <sotecexportmetal@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:18:21 +0100
Subject: GOLD FOR SALE




Dear Sir,I am a native of the village in north Benin (Perma), in Republic of Benin. I am contacting you in the name of my elders of the community of the village which comprises mainly small local miners.We represent them to seek intending purchasers for the major part of gold extracted locally in the community.We also work with Burkinabes and Ghanaian gold miners to find foreign purchasers for them. At present we are in business relationship with Burkinabes which lay out an important stock.We hereby send to you our general offer of this stock currently available in Benin whose characteristics are the following :* Product: GOLD DUST
* Origin: BURKINA FASO* Quantity: 350 KGS* Quality: 22 Carats +* Rate of purity: 93%* Rate of impurity: 7%* Price FOB per kilo: EURO 8,000.00NB: We want you to look for gold purchasers in your country if you are not interested to buy our product for on commission basis on each kilo sold.I also hope to hear you as soon as possible for more details and conditions of sale.Thank you for your co-operation.Yours sincerely,Mr. SOLEFO / Managing directorE-mail: sotecisarl@yahoo.fr

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