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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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From: Home Made Energy - The Best Diy Offer!<roz8888@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:49:57 +0200
Subject: Home Made Energy - The Best Diy Offer!

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people make their own energy.



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Some of them cut the bill completely.



Some even make the electric company pay them(!).



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got me all curious. It seems it's actually very easy

and cheap to build and use a renewable energy system.



Anyway, I went ahead and bought their package.



I couldn't resisted... It sounds too good to be true,

yet if this turns out to be "real", then this is BIG.



I'm so enthusiasted about this, that I thought to just

send you a link so you get to see it for yourself:



http://vzturl.com/dq24



To a better life,

http://vzturl.com/dq24




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