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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: marina johnsonis <dr_marina_johnsonis@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:52:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Awaiting to hear from you....


Dear Amarjit,

Thanks for your kind mail.

Honestly, all about this transaction is notting but the truth. being a mother, widow and age woman, it will never gives me any joy or happeness in leading an innocent soul like you into the wrong side or problem no God forbide, please everything is real and guninue, as I told you in my prevoius mail, my late husband deposited the box of money to a security company abroad and decleared the content as a family valueable belonding to his foreign business partner for the safety of the money but he did not mension any name to the security company.

Also all I need from you is for you to stand as my late husband's foreign partner so that the security company will release the trunk box to you, so if you are ready to work with in this project let me know so that i will advised on how we will handly this transaction together and please I will like you to promise me that after securing the box of money from the security company which our only inheriatnce box of money from the security company that you will never betray us or sit on the money.

Again, I will like you to send across to me you full name, address, personal phone and fax number immediately so that I will forward it the the security company informing that that you are my late husband' foreign partner who is to claim the deposited trunk box on our behalf.

And as soon as I hear from you I will give you all the neccessary information concerning this trunk box of money with the security and thier full contact detail to enable you reach them for the claim.

Awaiting to hear from you soonest.

Regards,

Marina.


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