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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:
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • obama.transferunit@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3aobama.transferunit@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "OBAMA BANK AND COMPANY" <obamaaward@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: bmw.claims00@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:04:44 -0700
Subject: BARACK OBAMA,OBAMA BANK AND GROUP OF COMPANY HAS GIVE A FREE OFFER


* OBAMA BANK
AND GROUP COMPANY
#30,STREET,OWEERI

Dear lucky winner
Obama bank,group of company all over the world and he
self Barack Obama has given you a free load and award which
is about $700,000.00,usds.,which will be transfer to your
account immediately,
The reason for this free offer is because obama has been
a very successful person in his life and bank,companies and
investments over the world,
The director manager of obama bank, when to Google
.com,yahoo inc,hotmail.com,aol.com,ask.com and other email
address searching websites to collect some valid email
address of people which they will transfer some amount of
dollars to their account,.they only collected ten people
email address in the whole world,and they are given this
sum of amount to each of this people as a promotion to
celebrate the successfulness in their business,and also it
is also so sponsored by some other group of companies,the
promotion will only last for two months

GENERAL MANAGER
barack obama

If you are lucky to be one of the ten chosen people,make
it fast write your name,state and country and send it to
the bank transfer department for your money to be transfer
to your account immediately.........

TRANSFER DEPARTMENT EMAIL CONTACT ADDRESS
EMAIL:obama.transferunit@yahoo.com <EMAIL%3Aobama.transferunit@yahoo.com>
*

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam