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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "of which your share shall be" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "acceptance of this proposal through my above stated email address" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "ENGINEER. MATTAR AL TAYER" <engineermattar_altayer@arabtop.net> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:05:30 -0700
Subject: ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE IN YOUR COUN

Dear Sir/Madam,

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed
properties in your country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and Finance
Allocations of the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Works and Housing
in Dubai. Considering his very rategic and influential position, he
would want the transaction to be as strictly confidential as possible. He
further wants his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until
the completion of the transaction, hence our desire to have an overseas
agent.

I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as
our overseas agent in order to actualize this transaction.

The deal, in brief, is that the funds with which we intend to carry out
our proposed investments in your country is presently in a coded
account at the MASHREQ BANK PSC DUBAI UAE and we need your assistance to
transfer the funds to your country in a convenient bank account that will be
provided by you before we can put the funds into use in your country.

For this, you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the
Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in United Arab Emirates for which
payment should be effected to you by the Ministry,

The contract sum of which shall run into US$26.4 Million, of which your
share shall be 30% if you agree to be our overseas agent.

As soon as payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is
successfully transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share
in acquiring some estates abroad. For this you shall also serve as our agent.
In the light of this, I would like you to forward to me the following
information:

1. Your company name and address if any .
2. Your personal fax number.
3. Your personal telephone number for easy communication.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal
through my above stated email address after which we shall discuss in
details the modalities for seeing this transaction through.
Your quick response will be highly appreciated.
Thanks you in anticipation of your cooperation.

Yours faithfully,
ENGINEER. MATTAR AL TAYER
Assistanet Director General for Road Wworks and housing,
Dubai Municipality, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

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