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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • juiletnorman01@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Juilet Norman <juiletnorman2@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: juiletnorman01@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 22:31:42 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From Miss Juilet Norman...


Dear friend,

How are you today?... well i found your email when i was looking for help in google and i had in mind to tell you a little about me. My name is Miss Juliet Norman the only surviving daughter of late Mr Sam Hinga Norman, am single and i have never been married, I am from Sierra Leone.in West of Africa, I am 22 years old.

My late father ex-former Defence Minister Sam Hinga Norman and he was also the personal adviser to the head of state before his death..you can see from here were i was talking to the bbc about my dad been sent to prison.(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6274093.stm )and how they killed him and said that it was a heart failure all were lies by the goverment and see this agian how he died too(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6387673.stm).

I would like to invest in your country and also complete my studies., because its not safe enough for me to do anything here so that i wont be killed just as they killed my father.
I will want to invest in any of the growing business of your chioce in your country or any where safe.and i you will be my business patner.,as i presently have the sum of 4.2million euros, as the next of kin.

Firstly, i want you to advice me on kind of investment or business to do in your country that will benefit the both of us.

As soon as i get your reply i will proceed with plans immediately.
Thank you.

Miss Juilet Norman
juiletnorman01@yahoo.co.in



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