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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • mcaw_05@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Av=20sawyer?= <mcaw_05@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: acs1963@mail.ru
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:21:08 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: jvp enquiry from you


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mcaw_05@yahoo.co.uk



- Dear Sir, I wish to write you this proposal for business investment purpose with you or in your country under your care as partner. I have the desire to establish a long-term business project with you. I have acquired reasonable sum of money for partnership investment with you .I will require your assistance in receiving the fund in your personal/company account for the purpose of the investment. I will in subsequent correspondences tell you how I accumulated the money and how much that is involve. If you accept this offer, let me know the project that would be lucrative to invest on so that we can deliberate and arrange towards it for the project to commence. Awaiting your immediate response, regards, Avril Sawyer (Esq.),Tel:+233 244621738

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