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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:
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • pa_henry2007@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Pach Henry <p.henry49@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <pa_henry2007@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:02:06 +0100
Subject: How are you?



Hello,
I am Mr. Pach Henry. A staff in Account Department for one of Banks here in Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and would like to know if you will be at my disposal to strike a deal with me.
In my Bank, I have discovered anonymous Funds totalling $35,400,000.00 .This Fund has been floating in our Suspense Account for the past three years, in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in September 2004, in a plane crash. Since the notification of his death, our Bank have been expecting his next of kin to come forward and claim his Fund because our Bank cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and policies but unfortunately I learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claims. Therefore I want to request for your assistance by presenting you as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary so that the Fund can be claimed to you with sharing ration of 50% / 50%.This is risk free without any legal implication attached.
Please let me know if you are interested and also send your direct telephone numbers for discussion of this deal in details.
Regards,Mr. Pach Henry.Please response to my alternative: pa_henry2007@yahoo.fr
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