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

Fraud email example:

From: "Tina lamina" <tinalamina@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: tinalamin@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:50:02 +0800
Subject: Message from Tina

Dear miss/Sir


I am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we
have not known or meet ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance
after I have gone through a webpage that speaks good of you. I want to find
out if it's possible for you to deal with individual as to investment. My
dear i will be so glad if you can allow me and lead me to the right channel
towards your assistance to my situation now.I will make my proposal well
known to you. I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to
you. I am Miss Tina Lamina 34yrs old lady from Sierra Leone in west Africa,I
am the daughter of late Dr Lamina William. My father Dr LAMINA was the
personal advicer to the former state Secretary who is now in exile, before
the rebels attacked our house one early morning killing my mother and my
father It was only me and my younger boy who is 15 is alive now, and i
managed to make my way to MALAYSIA where i am under the UN staying as a
refugee now!

The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek your assistance in
the area of my future investment,I came to Malaysian with 5.2 million usa
dollars fund that my late dady was sign to carry on a project before he
pass away,Since am the only One left i have to use the help of the UN to
move the fund here to malaysia with out the UN Knowing such amount of money
is in the bag,Right now am still in the UN camp with the fund while know
body have note am having such fund,

Please try and write back and i will let you know how to see me in the
camp.If you are honest to help me i can follow you to your country where i
can have a better life.I will also let you know that i will want my younger
brother to join us after leaving the UN camp here in malaysian,Is not easy
for me here. I really need your help,I promise to give you 20% of the fund
for anything that will cos you in moving to malaysia to meet with me,I have
a small pc so i can talk to you online with cam on so you see what am
talking about.I do hope to hear from you soon,please state your self care
for me to understand vie my email: tinalamin@gmail.com

Regards,
Tina Lamina

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