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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.
  • royalborneo-1@myway.com
  • nom.nom@laposte.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sultan.vaneldik" <sultan.vaneldik@laposte.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:11:15 +0100 (CET)
Subject: INVESTMENT OFFER




Dear Sir,

I have decided to contact you based on the positive recommendations made within your country and environ. Please, I will appreciate it most if you can forward your private contacts / secured email address,Tel,fax to enable me confide on you over my intention to push my life fortune into your country for an investment. Such as:

Oil Exploration.
Estate Developments.
Buying Shares.

And any other oriented profitable and viable ventures which you may recommend. Your urgent comment will enable me commence the neccessary STANDBY arragements.I will also like you to confirm if your above email is quite secured or NOT.

Thanks and get back to me soonest to enable me give you FU LL details as well as my private contacts. NOTE: I am also giving you 14 days from today, to enable you make up your mind and do some necessary researches over the above mention projects.
Please you can you contact me on my alternative email address: royalborneo-1@myway.com

Regards,
His Majesty Sultan Van Eldik.

Créez votre adresse électronique prénom.nom@laposte.net
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