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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "please indicate your interest" (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.
  • andrew_papa44@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR PAPA CLARK" <andrew.mamuza@yahoo.com.my> (may be fake)
Reply-To: andrew_papa44@yahoo.es
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 02:03:24 +0800
Subject: OFFER FROM MR CLARK

For your Attention Only,
Dear Miss/Mr

I am mr.Papa Clark,An India malaysia Custom Officer working in KL International
air port as the manager of exbit goods.I humbly wish to seek your
assistance in a matter that is very important to me which requires
utmost urgency and confidentiality.
I want to start investment with the sum of ten million united states
of america dollars in your country or any other country with good
economic stability and political climate you may recomend.I shall be
interested in real estates,Hotels business.Stocks and bonds or any other
business you might recomend.
This Consignment emanate from One Irania drug dealer few weeks ago.A lot of
eyes were on it but as am the head officer i have to use my power to put it in my custody.
In the cosigment he have ten million usa dollars cash and Gold of about five thousand usa dollars,
I decleared another drug box cosignment to the goverment and keep this Irania cosignment in my personal custody
,This cosignment can only be ship out by the power of me to any country,But it can not be move
out of the airport or they will be a problem.I cant open it or take any cent out it for now as CCTV is watching it.I can only a sign it to be ship out by our custom diplomats for full investigations.Thats when it can be move to you hope you understand!
If you are ready to stand for me and collect it in your country please state clear to me your full name
and house address and mobile phone number?I will tell you how you can have it and i will meet you up once it gets to you!
Invest/Manage it for me for some time before i finally resign from my
office.It is also my wish that this deal be handled as quietly as
possible with out any leakage to the press.If you agree to act as a found
manager for me,Then i will release the Cosignment to you if you meet my
requirements.Upon a favorable response from you i shall let you know how to
receive the found and gold.After successfull deal,Your commission shall be thirty
percent of the total sum stated above for assistance in
safely moving the cosignment offshores of Malaysian.

Sixty five percent for you and five percent shall be used to re-inburse
expenses you or me might incure during the transaction.you shall be
entitled for an annual fourty percent of the after tax returns for the
fist two years of managing my share of the deal in good business.there
after the terms shall be reviewd.If you are willing to do this please
indicate your interest via my
e-mail:andrew_papa44@yahoo.es
Best Regards,
Papa Clark

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