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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:
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • mdescoto1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Miguel Descoto <miguel.descoto04@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:28:22 -0700
Subject: donate to united nations organization


Greetings to you dear one, I am Miguel D'Escoto the General Assembly
President of the UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION, after our meeting on 24th June
2009, with UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL, BAN KI-MOON.

We resolved that based on the economic meltdown the organization will start
asking people to help us with funds raising to help us rebuild Gaza and
other war turn countries of africa and asia and provide food, drugs,
clothing and other necessary materials to the people of GAZA and others
places where war is going on in our world.

We were mandated to contact people of GOD fearing spirit to help us raise
some funds. Please do not say that you are not afected in this problem,
again don't allow religion to be a barrier to your donation. Help the
organization to help these peolpe because they really needed our help to
live on.

Any amount you donate to the organization, you will be rewarded greatly by
GOD/ALLAH.

If you are interested and willing to donate to us please reply this mail
indicating/showing your interest to help the poor and war ravaged ones in
our society.

Use this email address below in your reply for urgent resonse to you.
Email address... mdescoto1@gmail.com

We look forward for your kind and urgent donations to help us in our
Humanitarian Work

GOD/ALLAH BLESS YOU

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