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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +34600374412 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: mary george <mary-george00074@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jgeorge7707@yahoo.es>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:40:16 +0100
Subject: HELLO DEAR? PLEASE READ!!


Dear Good Friend,
How are you today dear? I decided to write you because I have no other alternative, since the death of my father in the hands of my country bad government. I am from Darfur Situated in Sudan in Northeast Africa. It has been very difficult for me on how to safeguard box money my late father left for me with Private Storage Company in Holland Amsterdam in Europe, before his death. My late father packaged this money inside a box as family artifact. So right now we are in Spain as an asylum seeker, and we are facing a heavy financier problem. Therefore, I want you to be my partner and to act as the new beneficiary on my behalf and claim the box of money. I will give you 30% of the total money. So if you are interested please reply me with your full name and your telephone number so that I can give you more details.
Sincerely, James George. Tel: +34 600 374 412.
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