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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:
  • "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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.
  • mrsviviansale@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Vivian Salem" <mrsviviansale3@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrsviviansale@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:25:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Nice to meet you


Dear One,

My name is Mrs.Vivian Salem, wife of late Salem Nasim of Iraq. One year ago, I lost my husband Nasim and three children -Husam,15 year old,Wasim,12 year old and Merna, 6 year old .This Happened when a Combatant Military Tank shelled our car as my family was trying to escape heavy fighting in Baghdad. Kindly View the Website below for detail Story of how I lost my family.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/04/vivians_story/html/1.stm


Before my husband and Children were killed, he deposited a trunk box containing the sum of $29.5 million (Twenty Nine Million five hundred thousand Dollars ),which he declared as family valuable with a Security & Finance company in Baghdad. I had contacted a Diplomat who was attached to the United Nation Peace keeping forces in Baghdad and he had assured me of assisting to move the Box through Diplomatic Cargo,ONLY if I had a PARTNER to receive it on my behalf .

All I need from you is to receive the Fund as my husband business Associates and Invest the fund into any Lucrative Investment in your country.I will renumerate you with 30 % at the end,but most of all is that I solicit your trust in this transaction and will not want you to betray me at the end Please in your reply , include your Mobile number ,Home telephone number and your residential or company address for easy Communication.

Please reply through this e-mail address: mrsviviansale@yahoo.com

Thank you,

Mrs.Vivian Salem.


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