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

Fraud email example:

From: Desmond Williems <desmond_williems6@yahoo.gr>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 08:38:51 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: hi



 
Hello,Dear
 
I am sorry for intruding into your privacy. My name is desmond williems, I am  from cote d'ivoire in west africa.I am 22years old now, I am contacting you because I need your help as a beneficiary to claim the sum of nine .eight million pound's deposited in a bank in cote d'ivoire here by my late father. Since his death my family and I have been unable to claim the funds because they request a foreign beneficiary outside cote d'ivoire we are willing to reward you with 1 million pound's for your help.
 
please reply me back at
 desmond_wax@yahoo.com
 
 I shall give you the whole details. Have a nice day with lot's of love from
Desmond williems



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