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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • miss_paulin1@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 06:15:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: help me out


=A0My Dear,sir

I am writing this letter in confidence believing
=A0 that
=A0 if it is the wish
=A0 of
=A0 God for you to help me and my family, God almighty
=A0 will bless and
=A0 reward you
=A0 aboundantly and you would never regreat.
=A0=20
=A0 I am a female student from University of Burkina
=A0 faso,Ouagadougou,I am
=A0 21
=A0 yrs old. I like any person who can be caring, loving
=A0 and home
=A0 oriented,I
=A0 will love to have a long-term relationship with you
=A0 and to know more
=A0 about
=A0 you. I would like to build up a solid foundation
=A0 with
=A0 you in time
=A0 coming if
=A0 you can be able to help me in this transaction.
=A0 I
=A0 and my junior
=A0 brother
=A0 behind. My father was a king, which our town
=A0 citizens
=A0 titled him over
=A0 sixteen years before his death.I was a princess to
=A0 him
=A0 and I am the
=A0 only
=A0 person who can take care of his wealth now because
=A0 my
=A0 junior brother is
=A0 still young and my mother is not literate enough to
=A0 know all my
=A0 father's
=A0 wealth.
=A0 My father left the sum of=A0 Two hundred Million=20
=A0 Million,Five Hundred
=A0 Thousand US Dollars)in a security company .This
=A0 was annually paid
=A0 into
=A0 my late fathers account from Etruscan's Permit In
=A0 burkina
=A0 Faso.company(E.P.I.B.F)and Etruscan's Gold company
=A0 operating in our
=A0 locality
=A0 for the compensation of youth and community
=A0 development in our
=A0 jurisdiction.
=A0 I don't know how and what I will do to invest this
=A0 money somewhere in
abroad, so that my father's kindred will not take
=A0 over
what belongs to my
=A0 father and our family, which they were planning to=A0 do
=A0 without my
=A0 present
=A0 because I am a female as stated by our culture in
=A0 the
=A0 town.
=A0 Now,i urgently need your humble assistance to help
=A0 me
=A0 move this money
=A0 from
=A0 the security company to your bank account, That is
=A0 why
=A0 I felt happy
=A0 when I
saw your contact because I strongly believe that by
=A0 the grace of God,
=A0 you
=A0 will help me invest this money wisely.
=A0=20
I am ready to pay 20% of the total amount to you if
=A0 you help us in this
transaction and another 10% interest of Annual After
=A0 Income to you, for
=A0 handling this transaction for us, which you will
=A0 strongly have absolute
=A0 control over.If you can handle this project
=A0 sincerely
=A0 and also willing
to
=A0 assist me in lifting this fund, kindly reach Me Also
=A0 For your more
=A0 investgation,you are kindly advice to visit this
=A0 website
=A0 /www.etruscan.com/lsiwebsite/pbf.htm
=A0 Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free
=A0 and I hope to
=A0 commence
=A0 the transaction as quick as possible, I will send to
you my picture as
=A0 soon
=A0 as I hear from you.
=A0 Yours sincereely,
=A0=20
princess idoka pls reply to this emaill
address,miss_paulin1@hotmail.fr
=0A=0A=0A

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