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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • lucismicheal@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: lucismicheal@yahoo.fr (may be fake)
Reply-To: lucismichael@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:55:06 +0000
Subject: GOODDAY.

Mrs L MICHEAL
Irrespective to the right of expression, i put these to your preform,although it may come to you as a surprise don,t be so much surprise, according to sharapear which say,s a boy of ten years lamenting a team of beauty goes forever, my husband who died on the recent bomb blast which occurred in London on the 7Th of July 2005.view the web <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6952902.stm> is UBS Client with Account Number UBS 101-720-4 has left the sum of seventeen Million five hundred thousand Dollars ($ 17,500.000.00)­ for deposit, this Amount is yet to be credited in his favour before he died on the recent bomb blast in London. and the same time has hotell in Dubai, here is the website <http://www.karakuzubahri.com/> this is just 7 months of our marry, before the death occord,his relation want ti claim everything and leave me in idol,i need a trust person to transfer this fund into his account, while he/she shall receive 40% and set aside 10% for the expenses of the fund i will have 50%. If you are interested in this transaction please get back to me,lucismicheal@yahoo.fr so that as soon as your claim the fund i will come over your country to settle and invest.
best regard.

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