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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.
  • marthinsugo02@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "De Mo" <de.mo0182@gmail.com>
Reply-To: marthinsugo02@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:29:16 -0700
Subject: DRAFT


Dear Colleague,

On a very happy note and bearing in mind the staunch commitment that
you had put into the quest to see that the fund was transferred to you
for claim as we had arranged but to no avail, I write to inform you
that at last, the fund transfer had been a SUCCESS.

Since all our effort in conjunction with yours were met with various
failures and disappointments after the other, there was an influential
party from Britain that was approached on our behalf by a Finance &
Management Supports Initiatives(a consulting firm); and with her
(influential party) imputes, the Fund was paid out and I have
collected my own share.
Presently, I am in Ecuador where, in partnership with a core investor
in the Mining Sector of their economy, we are investing in the
industry.

But, I am not oblivious of the fact that you did your best in that
context, although, it seem that element of doubt crept in. You were
not to blame, as there were many circumstances that would reflect such
scepticism to any reasonable being.
For your sincere but unfruitful sacrifices, I pressurized the
influential woman to concede some amount as COMPENSATION to you, for
the resource that you imp lunged even the time and inconveniences.

The sum of $US 1.200,000 was what she agreed to as your compensation
value, and the sum was made in draft but, because of my appointment in
Ecuador and too, I could not get through to you since your number at
any time indicated "not in use", I then handed it over to the
Secretary of the Finance & Management Supports Initiatives, the
consulting firm.

His name is MR Marthins Ugo Johnson and his email: marthinsugo02@yahoo.fr
The Secretary is very much informed by me about you and I instructed
him to hand over the Draft you as soon as you contact him. I gave him
the CODE 555, which you have to mention for identification.
Note that at times I will be in the site and the Internet does not
work there. Only when I am in the city.

Yours Sincerely,
Denis Morgan

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