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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:
  • "account in your country or any safer place" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • katrine001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: katrine001@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:50:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Urgent Pls Get Back Asp


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



- HELLO,Sir I KNOW YOU WILL BE SURPRISE TO RECIVED THIS MESSAGE BUT IT IS OF OUTMOST IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY I NEED A HELP FROM YOU,THIS RESPONSIBILITY I AM ABOUT TO GIVE YOU DEMAND OUTMOST HONESTY INTERGRITY AND MOST IMPORTANT SECRECY IT IS ONLY THROUGH THE ABOVE FACT,THAT MY FAMILY AND I WILL BE SURE OF OUR SECURITY. I AM MS KATRINE ROBINSON FROM USA MY MUM IS A WIDOW BEING THAT SHE LOST MY DADDY A COUPLE OF YEARS . My DADDY OWNS A TEXTILE COMPANY HERE IN AFRICA BEFORE HIS DEATH HE HAD AN ACCOUNT HERE IN NIGERIA TO THE TUNE OF US $7.5M (SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR) WHICH HE TOLD THE BANK THAT IT WAS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF TEXRTILE MECHINES FOR HIS FILM .HE DEPOSITED THE MONEY IN THE NAME OF MY ONLY BROTHER NAME ROB WILLIAMS AS FAMILY ACT AND MONUMENTS. HE ALSO GAVE MY MUM THE RECIPT,ISSUED TO HIM BY THE SECURITY COMPANY WHICH I HAVE CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM WE HAVE WAS THAT MY BROTHER DIED IN SOME MONTHS AGO HE WAS BEEN KILLED BY ARM ROBBERS, AND WE DONT TRUST ANY BODY ,AND MY DADDY'S COMPANY HAS BEEN TAKING OVER BY HIS BUSINESS PARTENER WHOM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HIM EVER SINCE AND HE DOE'ST ALLOWED MY MUM TO BE OF A BENEFICARY TO ANY THING THAT COMES OUT FROM THE FILM I ALSO HAVE THE VIEDO RECORDED CD FOR THIS COMPANY WHICH WAS RECORDED BY MY DADDY WHEN THERE WAS A FIRE OUT BREACK AT THE COMPANY BEFORE HIS DEATH ,I WILL SEND IT TO YOU IF YOU DEMAND TO SEE THAT, AND RIGHT NOW MY MUM AND I WE ARE REALLY SUFFRING HERE IN AFFRICA AND I DON'T WISH TO STAY HERE ANY LONGER SO PLS I WANT YOU TO HELP ME AND MY MUM TO RECEIVED THIS FUND TO A SEFE ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY SAFER PLACE AS THE BENEFICIARY .PLEASE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST ME AND MY MUM INDICATE YOUR INTREST IN REPLYING SOONEST >> N/B:The Necessary Document Use In Deposit Are With My Mum PLEASE KINDLY REPLY ME WITH THIS MY DIRECT EMAIL:Katrine001@yahoo.com Thanks and best regards .KATRINE.

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