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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 united states 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.
  • raymondolechev@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Raymond Olechev <rolechev43@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:34:40 +0000
Subject: COMPLIMENT! VISION FOR INVESTMENT.



COMPLIMENT! VISION FOR INVESTMENT.

Attention: Sir/Madam,

I have a transaction of mutual benefits, which I would like to share with you, hoping this might interest you. I am Dr. Raymond Olechev. Account Director with UK-Austria Alliance Investment Services. We are interested in going into partnership with you to work with us, to help us establish a medium of investment of lodgement fund in the production of goods, services and in returns make further profit.

There has been a proper availability of investment funding with us by an investor to support the achievement of this vision. The investor faced with cumbersome problem of unstable investment environment in their country which is crippling businesses has consulted with us to see how he could make proper investment with his fund. Hence, we employ that you assist us to bring this to reality as you get good yield of money (i.e. profit) in the investment.

A consult with the investor to invest the sum of 35Million United States Dollars in partnership with you of which commission in % will be paid to you for successfully assisting us getting this fund to you, our firm and investment of the fund with you in all profit made.

If you are interested, please reply instantly and forward your telephone number so we can discuss and I shall provide you with the details of getting this investment funding to you to aid this vision.

Thank you. Dr. RAYMOND OLECHEVReply to my personal email address;
RaymondOlechev@hotmail.com
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