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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:
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "is 100% 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: "ALPHONSE CORREIA" <alphonse_correia@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Reply-To: alphonse_correia1@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:54:04 +0000
Subject: urgent

ATTN SIR,
I am contacting you with reason that we are going to
be of a great use to each other.
My name ANA BOISSY, I am the Daugther of late chief
Bagulo BOISSY before his death, my father was the former foreign
minister of my country Angola . Before I go into further details
please be informed that I am writing without any other person's
pre-knowlegde of my contacting you.
Therefore i will appreciate same attitude to be maintained. all
through the days before the death of my father he revealed to me about a
some that loged in BANK which he deposited with my name in a BANK in
Senegal for security reasons the sum of $16m (SIXTEEN MILLION US DOLLARS)
which was his own share from a sale of Diamond when he was in the office,

After the burial of my late father, I made frantic effort on the best
way to handle this money, i sought adviSe from an attorney who advise
that I must seek for trustworthy business partner.
However, I sincerely ask for your assistance to get this fund out of
the BANK and your share for assisting me will be 20% of the total sum,
10% will be use for upsetting all the expenses incurred in the course
of concluding this venture and the remaining 70% you will help me to
invest it in your country.

I want to assure you that this transactions is 100% risk free.
Incase if you have any question do not hesitate to contact me as I
wait for your favourable response.
Best regards
ANA BOISSY.

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