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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.
  • rev_danielubaakw006@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: andrew martins <andrew.martins19@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <rev_danielubaakw006@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:38:54 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY ACCOUNT KEEPER IN BENIN





Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in gettingthe fund transferred under the cooperation of a newpartner from Japan. Presently i'm in Japan forinvestment projects with my own share of the totalsum. meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts andattempts to assist me in transferring those fundsdespite that it failed us some how. Now contact mysecretary,his name is Rev. Daniel and his emailaddress is rev_danielubaakw006@yahoo.fr ask him to sendyou the total sum $850.000.00 by interantioanl bankdraft which i kept for your compensation for all thepast efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. sofeel free and get in touched with my secretary REV.DANIEL UBAAKWU and instruct him where to send thedraft.




Please do let me know immediately you receive it sothat we can share the joy after all the sufferness atthat time. in the moment, i am very busy here becauseof the investment projects which me and the newpartner are having at hand, finally, remember that Ihad forwarded instruction to the secretary on yourbehalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with him and he will send the amount to youwithout any delay.
with best regards

Mr Andrew Martins

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