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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.Hamad Usman." <hamad_us165@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hamad_us164@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:46:26 +0100
Subject: Please I Need Your Assistance From Mr. Hamad

My Dear,

Good day to you, I hope fine, dear am writing this mail with due respect and heartful of tears,sorrow and pains in my heart, 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. Hamad Usman, A 20 years old young man from Cote' Ivoire, the only Son of A.D/Dr. ALH.Mahmood Abdallah Usman, my father and mother was Assassinated when i was 12 years old, i still in primary six in school and One of my fathers best friend rushed to our school and pick me with my younger sister to republic of Senegal were we are with him and his family and continue our study and after some years he was illed before he died, i was 18 years old then and he called me, give me all the document concerning my fathers properties and the deposit account, he corrected from my fathers lawyer in my country and directed me to his family lawyer. may his soul rest in peace.When Mr.Donard John, my father best friend died and his family started matreatig us, we left the family house to Refugee camp were we live now.

My father is Former Assistant Director Of Cote'Ivoire Gold And Diamond Mining

Corporation before his death . The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek for your assistance in the area of future investment and also my father left some huge amount of money for us, which i want you to help us and invested in country.

This money is Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars which was deposited some years ago by my late 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 young man 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,

Hamad.

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