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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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "kathryn Finance Company Ltd" <info@live.com>
Reply-To: kathrynfinance_comp@live.com
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:58:38 +1100
Subject: LOAN OFFER..............................APPLY NOW


El programa de detecci=F3n de Spam del sistema "dns1.ciberweb.com.mx", ha
identificado este mensaje como "correo basura". A=F9n as=ED, el
mensaje original no se ha borrado para su chequeo, si lo
era, podr=EDa bloquearlo en su programa de correo (cree un "filtro"
a partir de la etiqueta "X-Spam-Score"). Si tiene alguna duda,
contacte con el administrador para m=E1s detalles.

Contenido: KATHRYN FINANCE COMPANY LTD Main Office: 46 Bedford Row,
London, WC1R4LR United Kingdom. Are you a business man or woman ? Are
you in any financial mess or do you need funds to start up your own
business? Do you need loan to settle your debt or pay off your bills or
start a nice business? [...]=20

Detalles del an=E1lisis: (5.3 puntos, 5.0 requeridos)

pts regla aplicada descripci=F3n
---- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------
1.0 UNDISC_RECIPS Valid-looking To "undisclosed-recipients"
1.0 SUBJ_ALL_CAPS Subject is all capitals
-1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP
1.5 BAD_CREDIT BODY: Eliminate Bad Credit
3.2 FORGED_MSGID_YAHOO Message-ID is forged, (yahoo.com)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam