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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031910561 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • shipleysteel02@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=A9SHIPLEY_STEEL_INC.?= <blair@rma.ac.be>
Reply-To: shipleysteel02@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:16:23 +0200 (CEST)
Subject:




SHIPLEY STEEL INC.
Unit 117 Oak House, Engine Lane,
Moorgreen Industrial Park, Newthorpe,
Nottingham, NG16 3QU United Kingdom.

REF:SSR/02.
Dear Sir/Madam,

We avail ourselves of this opportunity to approach you for the
establishment of business relations with you. We are presently searching
for Representatives/Collection Agents who can help us establish a medium
of getting to our customers in the America, precisely USA and Canada. If
interested, Please contact us via email: shipleysteel02@gmail.com for more
information.

Respectfully Submitted,
Mr. Harold Cody.
CEO,
Shipley Steel Inc.
Tel: 44-7031-910-561 .
Fax: 44-7006-009-200.

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