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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.
  • johnsonwalter2008@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "johnson walter" <johnsonwalter5@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: johnsonwalter2008@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:44:42 +0100
Subject: Dear, investment


*Dear,
I am Mr Johnson Walter,the chairman of the National
Diamond Corporation and top government functionair here in my country.
I have heard of the growing and profiting investment
in your country and I wish to invest in your country.*

*Please can you furnish me with some of the profiting invesment in your
country that me and you can go in to joint venture together.I have already
deposited the sum of USD $12.500,000(Twelve MillionFive hundred Thousand
Dollars.) in a sFinancial Bank Instiution here in Benin Republic.All that is
needed is for me to instruct the finance company to transfer the fund to
your account.
But most of it all is that i solicite your trust in this transaction.*

*Please if you are interested, contact me on this
e-mail address; **johnsonwalter2008@yahoo.fr* <johnsonwalter2008@yahoo.fr>*
Also furnish me with contact details informations
and your direct phone number for effective communications.
Await your responce as soon as possible.
My best regard,
Mr Johnson Walter. *

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