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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:
  • "million us dollars" (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)
• 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.
  • l_formate200@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: luziminda formate <luziminda_formate3@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <l_formate200@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 14:00:38 -0200
Subject: Dearest one




Dearest one

My Husband who is a cocoa dealer and also the leader of the United Filipro Employees, leader worker’s union of Nestle Philippines-Cabuyao Plant was brutally murdered on 22 September 2005 after years of struggle and political harassments in Philippines.Before my late husband was killed, I inherited sum total of Fourteen Million US Dollars from some cocoa business import we made with my late husband, this money was deposited in a security and finance company in abroad. This deposit was under secret diplomatic coded arrangement declare as family treasure, with this arrangement the security company does not know the true content of the truck box.
To be sincere after the death of my late husband, life becomes so miserable as well as being denied of my husbandry right benefit from my husband family.( l_formate200@yahoo.fr)
My contacting you is because I want you to help me retrieve the box from the security company for partnership investment for the future of my child, since they have made it impossible for me to move freely on my own without tracing every movement i made.I hope to risk my trust on you believing you will understand my situation’s, I will also offer 15% of the total sum after which we will discuss on the investment project

RegardsMrs Luzviminda D Fortuna

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