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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • zishaaq02@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:38:20 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?iso-8859-2?Q?_Dearest_One=2C?=


Dearest One,

I know it is normal and natural for you to wonder why I contacted you
for assistance in this transaction, since we have not met each other
before, I am pleading that you be patient with me because I have no
other choice than to do what I am doing now since it is the only way
out of this problem I found myself based on the fact that most times
in life, One must confide in another Person to survive,

I therefore decided to contact you to find a solution to my problem irrespective
of the fact that we never knew each other, please do not misunderstand
me since a journey of hundred miles starts with a step, I am therefore
begging you to accept me with an open heart and mind, it is the situation
I found myself that made me to contact you and ask for your assistance.


I am contacting you to assist me to transfer the Sum of (6.5million
united state dollar's) that I inherited from my Late Father which he
made from the sale of Crude Oil Business, now i need to tranfer the
money in your care for investment in your Country under your Management
while I continue my education because my education stopped due to the
death of my Father, My mother died after giving birth to me, so I never
knew my mother.

Many thanks to you if you can help me as I would compensate you with
a good percentage of the money which is negotiable after the money has
been successfully transferred and confirmed into your account, for investment
in your Country under your Management while I continue my education
i will like to enroll in medicine in my arrival to your country.

Immidiately i confirm your willingness to help me transfer this money
on your care i will not west time to send to you my photo and more detail's
regarding this transaction.

God bless you and the entire member's of your Family? you can contact
me through my private email(zishaaq02@yahoo.fr) or you call my mobile
line22548125289


Your's Faithfully
Zaina Ishaaq

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