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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • bi.bhutto@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <>
Reply-To: bi.bhutto@yahoo.com.hk
Date: 6 Apr 2008 06:38:41 -0000
Subject: Re: From Bilawal Bhutto the son of Benazir Bhutto!

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




Dear Sir/Madam



My name is Bilawal Bhutto the son of Benazir Bhutto who was murdered in Pakistan by the present Pakistan Government on Thursday, 27 December 2007, Ms Bhutto was leaving a rally of her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) supporters in a park in the garrison town of Rawalpindi when attackers opened fire. Then a bomb was set off by the same attacker which left my mother dead and some 20 other people. You can find details of the killing of my mother on this website below:-



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6653475.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2228796.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7165892.stm

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1699006,00.html



Life has become unbearable since she was shot dead. Since then, my family and I have been Living with shock and uncertainties, the Government of Musharaff has made life difficult for us by ensuring that we are not disposed to our finances and other properties that is owned by my mother and this has made life difficult for us. Just before my mother died she called my attention to the money she deposited in foreign account and charged me to look for a foreigner who would assist me in the retrieving of the funds abroad which she wanted to use for the election, So l would be very grateful if you could accept to help me achieve this great objective. For now, let all our communication is by e-mail because my line is right now connected to the Pakistan Telecommunication Network services. I will give you details after I have received a response from you. Please get back to me at your First convenient via this Email: bi.bhutto@yahoo.com.hk



Thank you very much.



Bilawal Bhutto

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