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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 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.
  • miss_deborah2002@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: frank junioun <frank_junioun85@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <frank_junioun1002@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:30:35 +0000
Subject: Hello my dear friend,



Hello my dear friend,

Hollo my friend, I am so happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund transferred under the cooperation of new partners from POLAND.
Presently I am in LONDON for investment projects with my own share of the total sum which I told you before. Meanwhile, I did not and will never forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite what went wrong between us, and also I am so sorry for the long silence all this while okay.
Now contact my personal secretary, MISS DEBORAH via his email address (miss_deborah2002@myway.com)
I have asked her to send you the total sum of Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($750,000,00) which I dropped in my home Office for you. I have given her information on your coming to make the claims okay. I raised that in your favor as a compensation for all that period and your efforts. I appreciated all your efforts at that time very much.
So feel free and get In touch with my secretary and give her information on how she would proceed to send you the money to you.Please do let me know immediately you receive it,
I await to hearing from you.
Best regards.
Mr Frank Junioun.
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