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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: blessing 42007 <blessing_42007@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: reut_4love@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:00:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: HELLO


ЗДРАВСТВУЛТЕ! Моим именем будет несоосность Reut, как вы сегодня и как каждая вещь с вами overr там, л полюбит мы знать более лучше, и л хочет вас послать email к моей коробке почты так, что я смогу дать вам мое изображение для вас для того чтобы знать л будет я верьте что мы можем двинуть от здесь! Я жду вашу почту к моей коробке above.Reut почты (Remeber расстояние или цвет не имеет значение а alot дел влюбленности в жизни) твоему новому firned Rert возблагодарите вас.

HELLO
My name is miss Reut, how are you today and how every thing with you overr there, l will like us to know each other better, and l want you to send an email to my mail box so that i can give you my picture for you to know whom l am
I believe that we can move from here!
I am waiting for your mail to my mail box above.Reut
(Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life)
yours new firned Rert
Thank you.

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