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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.
• 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.
  • falusi1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: From Falusi <falusi1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:56:12 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear


Dear Good evening , Please i need a serous help and advise from you ,
My name is Felix From Africa ,Also I prefer to meet you face to face if =
possible to explain more to you ,
Since My father is among the leaders in Sierra Leone west Africa Country =
during there regime in government ,
He use his opportunity to move out some money Worth's $9.7 million of united =
state dollars outside his country to another country for security safety and =
for his future investments .
Please the only thing you will do for me is to keep this secret for Security =
of my very self and this fund .
In a serous note My father do every documents of this money as family =
valuable and Deposited it to Good Finance company outside his country and all =
the documents bears my name as next of kin which is with me here now.
My father was invited for a meeting in my country ,on his way coming back =
home they shot him and his driver with gun by hired gun men .this how i lost =
my father up till today because of war crises in our country . Since then and =
after his burial i can,t trust any one in Africa ,

My father has funds deposited in security company outside our country and my =
father warn me seriously to avoid to let any one in Africa to know about this =
money.

I will fax to you all the Original documents to see by your self.

Please can you visit me here in Africa ? because the money involve is too =
much.

I will Like us to know each other very well before any thing , You will =
expect my arrival as soon as all the money is safe secured in your country .

I assure you every trust and good relationship with you towards any =
investment with this money in your country .
With good faith i will give you 20% out of this money for helping me to stand =
as good relation to receive this money for me.
When we meet i will tell you many things about my father and you will never =
regret to know me .
Please always write me with this my private email address ( =
falusi1@yahoo.co.uk )
I will stop here and waiting to hear from you .
From Felix

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