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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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: "Miss Esther Bambino" <estherbambinoo@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: esther_bambino011@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:09:30 +0000
Subject: From Miss Esther Bambino

From Miss Esther Bambino
Dearest one,

we are contacting you based on the information we gathered about your
person in this site .

I am Miss Esther Bambino . with my younger brother david . we are in
possession of a large sum of US$5.2 Million in cash and which we want
to invest in your country under your care. This money was inherited from
our late father Dr Francis Bambino who was the Chief ccountant of Sierra Leone Gold & diamond Mining Corporation during our 8 years civil War when Major Johnny Paul Koromah was the country's president. This money is of no criminal origin as it was largely realized from black market sale of alluvial gold dust during the war.

This money has been moved and lodged into a security & finance
corporation through diplomatic channels in one trunk box tagged family valuables for security reasons. we now want to move this money abroad and invest it in profitable ventures, as the time is now ripe for such move.

Where we need you assistance

1.Firstly to assist us claim this consignment from the security company as
my late fathers foreign partner and have the money paid into your nominated account.

2. To assist us invest the money in a profitable business ventures in your country.
For your kind assistance you will get 15% of the total amount and 5% for any expenses you make, both telephone calls, fax/emails or any other
money spent during the transfer of this money into your nominated account.

Upon your response and acceptance to assist me, we will give you
further details concerning this transaction but you must treat this
transaction as highly confidential for my security reasons.


Love.

Miss Esther Bambino

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