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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Johnson Allen <johnson_allen001@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:23:10 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Please maintain confidentiality and reply asap.


Dear VICTIMNAME VICTIMNAME,

Many thanks for your reply and the question therein. i want to assure you this deal is legitmate and real.i come to you with a sincere heart that both of us will benefit from this deal.My client like i said in my previous mail died in an aircrash leaving behind his inheritance deposit which the bank has contacted me that they want to confiscate as my client has no next of kin or i should produce his next of kin as i am his confidential attorney.

The most important thing i want from you before we proceed is an assurance that you will not take advantage of the entire money when it gets to you and also assure me that you will maintain maximum confidentiality which this deal demands.

This deal is 100% risk free,i contacted you based on my personal respect for your Late father as an honest man who fought for the emancipation/liberation of the black race and iam praying that you will live up to my expectation.

please get back to me as quickly as possible so that we can proceed without any further delay.

i wait to hear from you.

Best regards,
JOHNSON ALLEN






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