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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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• 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.
  • goforgoldbeijingpromo@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "goforgoldbeijingpromo goforgoldbeijingpromo" <goforgoldbeijingpromo1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:42:54 +0100
Subject: :RE


FORM SAMSUNG BEIJING OLYMPIC PROMOTION MANAGER IN NIGERIA.

RE: FAILURE TO CLAIM THE SUM OF $900,000 U.S.D WHICH YOU WON DURING THE
COARSE OF THE JUST CONCLUDED SAMSUNG BEIJING OLYMPIC PROMOTION TAGGED
GO-GOLD-PROMOTION.

I am Mr. Ibrahim Okarfor and I am incharge of the just Concluded Samsung
beijing olympic promotion tagged Go-For-Gold Promotion.
This mail was sent to you regarding the sum of $900,000 U.S.D which you won
during the coarse of the just Concluded Samsung beijing olympic promotion
tagged Go-For-Gold Promotion and have failed to Claim.
I want you to know that your Price will Continue to remain Unclaimed untill
you are ready to claim it, Note the money cannot be refunded back into the
companies account so it is going to remain in the Custody of the promotion
Department Manager (Mr. Ibrahim Okarfor).
If you do wish to Claim your price then Send a Mail to
goforgoldbeijingpromo@Gmail.com
starting your FULLNAME, SEX, AGE, OCCUPATION, ADDRESS, POSTER CODE, COUNTRY.
Most importantly please do send Your Bank Name, Bank Account Number, Bank
Account Name and Swift Bank Transfer Code.

Your reply is needed urgently.
From Mr. Ibrahim Okarfor (Go-For-Gold Promotion Manager).

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