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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. HASSAN AZIZ." <hassan_az3@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hassan_az4@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:56:09 +0100
Subject: Please I Need Your Help From Hassan.

Good day to you, I hope fine, dear am writing this mail with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance,i have gone through your profile and will be very glad if you can render me assistance to my situation now.

I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity. I would like to use this opportunity to introduce my self to you. I am Mr.Hassan Aziz,A 20 years old Boy from Cote' Ivoire, the only Son of Late ALH.MAHMOOD ABDALLAH Aziz, my father is sousesfly farmer and busniess man in my country.my father deals in COCO and he have a very big farm of COCO.

My father, mother and two of my sister die in motor accident when taking them to school and i was lift with my younger Sister Fatima Aziz. The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek your assitance in the area of future investment and also my father lift some huge amount of money for us.

This money is Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars which was deposited some years ago by my father he made me the sole beneficiary/next of kin to the money. I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to make this claim for the finance company, I am a Boy and too young in age i can't handle this can of transaction, i want you to stand as my foreign partner oversea and also to help me investment the money. I will give you details about the deposit as you respond to my request. I have all original copies of the documents concerning this money with me here, So please am expecting to hear from you soon.

Yours Truly,

Hassan Aziz.


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