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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.
  • cingo.lender@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Helen Cingo" <cingo@info.net>
Reply-To: cingo.lender@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:27:47 +0530 (IST)
Subject: LOAN AVAILABLE @ AN AFFORDABLE INTEREST RATE !!!

I am Helen Cingo. The Owner and General Manager of Cingo's Investment
company. We do give out all types of financial assistance to those in
need of it.Loan to those who have been swimming in the ocean of
indebtedness,to those who do have been frustrated looking for money and
turned
out.Look no further come to us as we do give out loan at low interest
rate of
4%.And we do have two types of financial Collateral which is the secured
loan and the Non Collateral which is the Unsecured type of finance.For more
information you can contact us on ( cingo.lender@yahoo.com ) telling me
the amount you need as loan and also filling the loan borrowers
information.

BORROWERS INFORMATION
Your names .................................
Your country..........................
Your address ..............................
Your occupation ..........................
Your marital status ......................
Current Status at place of work.........
Phone number...........................
Monthly Income...........................
Amount Needed...........................

AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE.
Helen Cingo



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