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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • schuster_reed01@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Schuster Reed <schus_reed01@msn.com>
Reply-To: <schuser_reed02@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:22:33 +0000
Subject: Business Proposal: From Mr.Reed



Hello Sir, My heartfelt greetings to you and to your family.My Name is Schuster Reed ,a staff in the Private Clients Section of a well-known Bank, here in London, England.I am desperately in need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you. I am presently in London and I found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of (£30,000,000.00 GB Pounds) from a deceased customer's account. A German property magnate Andreas Schranner, 64, his wife Maria, 62, all perished in the jet crashed in July 2000,in the Air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise, see the : Website For more Understanding:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stmMost importantly, you will be required to:(1). Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.(2). Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.(3). At the completion of this transaction,the sharing rates shall be 70% for me while 30% for you.It may interest you to know that I have secured from the probate court, an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following; 1. Your Full Names and Address.2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you to contact my private Email: schuster_reed01@yahoo.com.hk, For More Details.We expect your correspondence and our response will be swift. Yours Faithfully,Mr.Schuster Reed

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