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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)
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "william sheina" <williamsheina003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: williamsheina6@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:17:42 +0200
Subject: Mr.William Shiena

Mr.William Shiena
Suite 303 Tourist Junction,
160 Pine Street,
Durban 4001,
South Africa.

{MONEY TRANSACTION}
{THIRTY SIX MILLION USD}
(RE:TRANSFER OF ($ 36,000,000.USD)


Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr.William Shiena, and I work in the International operation
department in a Local Bank here in South Africa On a routine inspection,I
discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a BAL Of 36,000,000 (Thirty
Six Million USD) on furtherdiscreet investigation I also discovered that the
account holder has long since passed away (dead)leaving no beneficiary to
the accountThe bank will approve this money to any foreigner because the
former operator of the a/c is a foreigner and from Iraq in particular and I
am certainly sure that he is dead and nobody will come again for the claim
of this money A foreigner can only claim this money with legal claims to the
account Holder therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction.

I will provide the necessary information needed in order to claim this
money, But you will need to open an account where this can be transferred.If
you are interested send me your private Telephone No And Fax number
including the full details of the account to be used for the Deposit.I wish
for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction as my job and the
future of my family would be jeopardized if it were breached The information
will be as follows:

Bank Name............
Bank Address.........
A/C Number...........
Beneficiary Name.....

And i am assuring you that the transaction is risk free hence we are going
to follow the normal transfer process .Finally a 25% of the total fund will
be given to you for your steadfast corporation.

I look forward to a favorable response from you as soon as possible.Thank's
for your maximum co-operation and remain blessed.

Best Regards,
Mr.William Shiena.

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