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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "jude benson" <jd_benson@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: km24x@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:39:54 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY-CAPITAL FLIGHT!

FROM THE DESK OF:
MR. JUDE BENSON
ACCRA GHANA


Good day,

How are you? I know you do not know me from a recomemded source but I write
to inform you of a mutual benefit after a thorough search for a relaible and
trustworthy person/company, thus:
1. I am mailing you on a common trust, to hold in safety for us, the sum of
Twelve Million US dollars (US$12,000,000) only through your investment
account or by any other reasonable means.

2. These windfall is an over-invoices Balance from a contract awarded by the
Federal Government of my country for a rural Development projects which i
a member of the Board of Commission.

3.)The funds is now floating in the clearing house, pending urgently a
beneficiary to front and claim the sum total, already 30% plus 5% expenses
incure is alloted to your side while I get 65% of the total sum at the end
of the day after the successful completion execution of the transaction.
Upon hearing from you I will disclose all relevant details relating to this
matter for you to have indebt knwoledge of the matter in question.

I await your kind and positive response to enable us expedite in this
transaction matter.

Sincerely yours,

Mr Jude Benson
Accra Ghana

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