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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Blessing Peters" <joy_williams@ecobankzone.com>
Reply-To: blessingpeters2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:13:58 +0000
Subject: From The Desk Of Mr. Blessing Peters/Uregnt Reply.

>From The Desk Of Mr. Blessing Peters
Eco International Bank Plc
Lagos-Nigeria.

Dear friend,
I am Mr. Blessing Peters, the director in charge of auditing ,
accounting/regional manager section of Eco International Bank Plc. with due
respect and regard, I have decided to contact you on a business transaction
that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction .


I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us. As the
regional manager of the bank, it’s my duty to send financial reports to my
head office in the capital city of Accra. On the course of the last year
2003 end of the of the year’s report, I discovered that my branch in which I
am the manager made (Five Million Dollors )of which my head Office is not
aware of and will never be aware of. I have since then PLACED this fund on a
SUSPENCE ACCOUNT without a beneficiary. As an officer of the bank, I cannot
be directly connected to this money thus I am compelled to request for your
assistance to receive this money into your bank account, I intend to part
with 30% of this fund to you while 60% shall be for me.While 10% will set
aside for any expencies from both side. I do need to assure you that there
is practically no risk involved in this. It’s going to be a bank-to-bank
transfer.

All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response,with your
full name, address,telephone number, so that I will contact a lawyer that we
get court affidevit for you as the beneficary of the fund after that I will
transfer the fund into your account and come down for the sharing.
I expect your urgent reply thanks.
Yrs Blessing Peters

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