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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million 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: "HASSAN ANIE" <hassan_anie@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:26:26 +0800
Subject: READ AND GET BACK TO ME PLEASE

Dear Sir/Madam I am Mr HASSAN ANIE based in bagdad in iraq .Due to the situation here in in iraq those of us in the business circle are finding it very difficult to cope with the situation here,no stable goverment,bomb explotion at strategic places every now and then sometimes people find it very difficult to go about their normal businesses due to fear of being victim of terrorist attack,above all.the crisis in iraq now has made business activities totaly parallised for quite sometime now.for intance,no good telephone facilities,no adiquate security,infact,all most all the basic infrastructure were destroyed during the recent war in iraq,ever since then .the enveroment in iraq has never been condusive business wise. Please,why i need your assistance is that i have about (us$ 4.000.000)four million united states Dollars in my custody.i inherited the money from late my father who was a major general in iraqi army in charge of purchase a!
nd maintainance in the immediate past regime. My intention is to move the money out of iraq and invest the money in stock market or real estate in your country with the help of an honest person who will work with me as my foreign associate, i want to invest most of the money abroad to avoid lossing the money, because it is not wise doing business in the atmosphere of fear here in iraq,that's why i am calling on you. If you can honestly collaborate with me ,i am ready to pay you up to 40% of the total amount if you can sincerely assist me to actualise this project soon,because the situation here in iraq is very critical,the everyday bomb explotion seems to have no end. I wait patiently for your urgent response.

THANKS.

HASSAN ANIE

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