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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.James Price" <jcoperation@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jamescoperation@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 18:51:46 -0500
Subject: DEAR FRIEND!

FROM THE DESK OF
DR. JAMES PRICE
EMAIL: pricecoperation@luxmail.com

REQUEST FOR PARTNERSHIP: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT!

My name is Dr. James Price, a 50 year old British born
citizen. I head a Seven-man Tenders Board Committee
in charge of contracts Award, Vetting,Evaluating and
payments. I am presently the group managing director
of Shell Petroleum (Africa).

Your name came highly recommended hence I am contacting
you for an Urgent business proposal (please my apologies
for reaching you through this manner).The purpose of this
letter to you is to simply ask your hand in partnership
towards the transfer of funds to the tune of US$35,500M
equivalent (Thirty-Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars), into a foreign account that you
will provide.

The funds are ready and with your unalloyed cooperation
the source of the funds will be made genuine and legitimate,
then the transfer is a 100% hitch-free,timely and totally
legitimate too. Needless to say, you don't have entertained
any fear as I am quite conversant with all laws governing
money transfer or money laundering of any sort.
We have designed this transaction in such a way that we
shall be successful and its proceed, we shall enjoy with
absolute peace of mind even after the successful completion
of it all. Also, if you follow my instruction accordingly
and promptly, we have design this transaction to meet with
at the most 10-21 banking days from the receipt of what I
will require of you.

At this time I can not divulge further information regarding
this proposal until there exists an understanding and trust
between us for security reasons.But after receiving this
mail and have perused through it and you are
interested,please do respond back via my private email:
pricecoperation@luxmail.com ONLY! If otherwise, please
do regard this as trash and treat as such and my sincere
apologies for contacting you at all.

On the other hand, should this proposal meet your interest
we have decided to give you a negotiable percentage from
the entire sum, hoping that this will be satisfactory.
Thank you for your much anticipated urgent response.

Respectfully,
Dr. James Price
E-mail: pricecoperation@luxmail.com

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