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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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • kuri_wa@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kuri_wa Gazeta.pl" <kuri_wa@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: kuri_wa@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 04:13:24 +0200
Subject: PARTNERSHIP


Hi,

Re: Next of Kin/Beneficiary for US$20 Millions

Good day to you and I wish you all the best in everything that you will do
this year.I am a staff of one of the leading banks here in Europe, Twenty
Millions US Dollars was lodged since 2000 in our bank and the beneficiary
died in 2004 South Asia Tsunami with his family while on holiday in
Thailand.

Furthermore, all attempts to trace any of his relatives were not
successful. Now, I want you to stand as next of kin/Beneficiary for the fund
release since you have the same Last Name with him, and we will share this
money together.

If you are interested, send me your complete names, address and phone
numbers and I will give you all the details. Please I want this deal to be
very secret and should not be disclose to anyone, reply me through my
private email address kuri_wa@yahoo.com

Best regards,
KURI.W.

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