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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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: "Thomas Asore" <thomasasore21@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: thomas_asore@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:45:52 +0000
Subject: From............THOMAS

Dear Friend,

Greetings to you. It's obvious you may find this mail unobtrusive and
strange but I can assure you it's only for mutual benefit. Permit me to
introduce myself; my name is Mr. Thomas Asore personal assistance to Mrs.
Joyce Aryee CEO Ghana Chamber of Mines.

Straight to my motive of writing you. At the end of the sales of the last
gold mine sold to the Ireland Government, we declare (Two million three
hundred and fifty thousand five hundred dollars) $2,350,500 out of the (Two
hundred and ninety five Million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars)
$295,500,000 to be paid to our mining foreign partners which never exist. We
already settle our mining foreign partners immediately upon completion of
the contract from our company purse, which of course is not up to the amount
we declared to the Government for the job and our foreign partner mustn't
know about the amount we declared to the Government for the job they
executed.

We've just been informed by the Ireland Government that the payment is ready
and the Ghanaian Ministry of Finance has approve our claim and has giving us
the go ahead to provide our mining partners banking information and name to
enable the Bank of Ireland issue a draft in the tone of the ($2,350,500) to
our contractor. In view of this development, we solicit your cooperation to
present you as our mining foreign partner to receive the money on our behalf
and you will be compensated with 20% of the total fund as issued and stated
in the payment.

I wait your immediate response to this mail.
Warmest regards,
Mr. Thomas Asore.
Ghana Chamber of Mines.

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