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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.
  • bcfax2005@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sgtsillfox@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:14:45 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Urgent=20Deal=20Project?=

FROM: SGT Sill Fox.
Third Infantry Division
US Army, Baghdad, Iraq.

Dear Friend,

PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT

I apologize for any inconvenience this mail might cause you considering
the fact that you do not know me in person. I am Sill Fox, an American soldier,
currently serving in the third infantry division of the US army in Iraq.

Some time ago, I and my colleagues stumbled in a room loaded with boxes
containing money in one of the mansions of the former Iraq president. We
were able to move out 2 boxes of $10M each into a save place to ease suspicion
and attention. But because we are due for redeployment/recall this December,
we are seeking a trusted partner to receive this money on our behalf.

The BBC web news below will make you understand the story very well http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

If you are interested forward your contact detail, full name, address, telephone
and fax numbers to my private email:(bcfax2005@yahoo.com) so that you can
be furnished with the modus operandi and the details and where the boxes
are located and how they can be moved to you. Please do not expose us for
security reasons.

Regards,
Sgt Sill Fox

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