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

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Kanjanapa Honghern" <k-honghern16@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <kanjanapa@walla.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:57:24 -0600
Subject: PARTNERSHIP PARTICIPATION




From: Ms. Kanjanapa Honghern. Bangkok Thailand.

My names is Ms. Kanjanapa Honghern. I am the personal secretary to Mrs. Khunying Pojaman Shinawatra, wife of the deposed prime minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra who is now on exile.

You must have been aware that the the Assets Examination Committee here in Thailand has ordered Thai banks to freeze Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra's accounts worth over $1 Billion US Dollars.

See this link for more details: http://www.pattayadailynews.com/thai/shownews.php?IDNEWS=2320
Predicated on the above, I write to inform you that I have an urgent business transaction of mutual benefit. But I want to hear from you first so that I can forward the details to you. This is because I don't know exactly how often you check your email. If you get this email, Please write me as quickly as possible.

I await to hear from you.

Best Regards,
Ms. Kanjanapa Honghern.Bangkok, Thailand.

EMAIL:kanjanapa@walla.com


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