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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.
  • 1948abu@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: 1948abu@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:13:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: LETS CLAIM THIS FUND TOGETHER(URGENT REPLY)


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:abum01@yahoo.com.co



- BENEFICIARY SUM OF US$14,2MILLION I AM SEEKING FOR YOURCOOPERATION TO PRESENTYOU TO MY BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MRRICHARD PETERSON, A FOREIGN CONTRACTORWITH NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUMCOOPERATION (NNPC):SO THAT THE SUM OF US$14,2MILLION WILL BE PAY TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY.FOR YOUR INFORMATION. I AM THE HEAD OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT WITH OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC,THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONALPLC, MANDATED ME TO LOOK FORANY KNOWN RELATION OF MR RICHARD PETERSON,SINCE, AFTER HIS DEATH 5/1/03,HOWEVER ALL MY EFFORTS TRACES ABORTIVE, THAT IS THE MAIN REASON I AM WRITINGYOU THIS TO ASK FOR YOUR COOPEARATION FOR US TO CLAIM THIS MONEY, SINCE YOU AREA FOREIGNER.I ONLY HAVE TO APPROVE YOU, THIS FUND WILL BE PAY TO YOU AS THEBENEFICIARY .WE ARE TO SHARE THIS MONEY BETWEEN OURSELVES (I AND YOU)IF YOU AREREALY INTERESTED IN THIS OFFER YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:1948abu@gmail.com FOR DETAIL OF THIS TRANSACTION AND PRECEDURE.PLS DO FORWARD ME YOUR FULL NAME ADDRESS, PHONENUMBER, YOUR COMP! ANY NAME OR OCCUPATION THESE INFO ARE VITALTO THE SUCCESS OFTHIS TRANSACTION.NOTE THAT THIS IS RISK FREE BUSINESS.THIS TRANSACTION WILLCOMMENCE IMMEDIATELY THERE IS INTEREST FROM YOU.YOURS FAITHFULLYABU MARWA

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