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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:
  • "is highly confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "officeofjohncooper director" <officeofjohncooper@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 03:04:58 +0000
Subject: WORLD WIDE ORGANISATION

FROM MY DESK,
MR JOHN COOPER,
DIRECTOR,
WORLD WIDE ORGANISATION.

ATTN!!!

Compliment of the season how is everything with you i am MR JOHN COOPER
director of world wide organisation TASK FORCE MONITORING UNIT [T.F .M .U]
after our board meeting held in Geneva we found out that some of our
customers have not collected their consignment due to stealing and touting
activities and some unscrupulous element calling theirself our agent there
by using this opportunity to divert our lucky winners money into their
personal account.

We are sorry for the incovinience this might have caused you. At the end of
the meeting, we agreed to punish this useless people for tarnishing our
image, we also agreed that all the affected lucky winners must be
compensated in due cost; Congratulation, your name comes second you are to
be paid the sum of $3.2,000,000(three million two hundred thousand dollars)
by our organisation.

I have been mandated to handle this matter,and this is to inform you that
your money has been transfered to a security company, is confidential, every
arrangement has been made for your cosignment delivery.Now your new code
number is[W .W.O.CON.EM/OO2.2OO4] THIS CODE NUMBER IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.

So i want you to reconfirm to me these informations about you:

(1) YOUR FULL NAME:
(2) YOUR COUNTRY:
(3) YOUR AGE:
(4) YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER:
(5) AND YOUR FAX NUMBER:

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