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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348023872588 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: allen smith <allensmithxx@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:01:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: waiting to here from you


Dear VICTIMNAME,
How are you and your family, hope fine? Thank you very much for your mail to me . Well as you ask, i got your contact through a friend of mine who is a diplomat and has ones work in your country. So brother i want you to trust me so will i trust you too. all i need from you is to assist me in transfaring this fund with trust.please let us make this deal as brothers. If i dont do so another person will do it before me,
Send me all the neccessary informations i need from you .

1 ACCOUNT NUMBER AND THE NAME OF THE BANK

2 PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBER S FOR PRIVATE CONVERSATION

3 I will like you to make it fast , so that i will go for the Government Approvals of the Fund,

HERE IS MY CELL HPONE NUMBER +234-80238-72588.

Best Regards
Allen Smith.


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