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

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:26:26 +0200
Subject: From Dr. James Thando


I am Dr. James Thando, Director of Project , South Africa Department of
Minerals and Energy. I am making this contact with you based on the
Committee need for an individual/company who is willing to assist us with a
solution to a money transfer.
This amount $28.5m represents the balance of the total contract Value
Executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we
the officials over-invoiced deliberately, of which the actual sum has been
paid.
Should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum
will be 25% of the $28.5million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and
miscellaneous expenses.
To enable us commence, I will need your personal telephone/fax number.
Please send your response to Jamsthando@live.com or j_thando@yahoo.com
I await your immediate response.
Best Regards,
Dr. James Thando

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