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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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• 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.
  • raesak2k2@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: Copek Gold And Diamond <gcopek@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:16:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Spike, Wht's up

I sincerely apologize for not taking your permission before contacting you since you gave me your mail address in chat room. while also asking you to pardon my poor english, as I am half in english language. It is rather unfortunate that I am writing this mail to you in secretly. My ordeal is quite complicated because is not a scam mail but I will appreciate it if you give a little time to hear me out. First, I would like to start by introducing my self to you again. I am El-hadji Bin Hassan oumar From(U.A.E) but, i work in serrialeona in West Africa as stated above. I was born on the 7 th of April 1960 in Dubai and grew up in Dubai. I work as one of Minnestone company staff in Dubai as i told last time in chat room. But, later tranfer to our branch office in serrialeone in west africa state as supervisor manager I got some diamond secretly in our company, what quatity of 650kg.What millions of US Dollars, that hence my contacting you. I will appreciate
if you can help me buy or sale this diamond in your country. Bcoz i knew it will more valuable in ur country. You will get 30percent of the money and you send me 70percentage, after saling the diamond. Kindly get back to me with more information about your house address, your phone number and name through my personal e-mail address as soon as possible so that I can proceed immedately to send you the diamond. You can also reach me through my hotline mobile number and my personal e-mail address.
e-mail raesak2k2@hotmail.com
Hope you respond as soon as possible.
PLEASE THIS MAIL IS NOT SCAM MAIL.
PLEASE RESPOND FAST IF YOU CAN HELP ME

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