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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "mrs_celestine@terra.es" <mrs_celestine@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 15:41:40 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Hi



Hi,i am Mrs. Celestine Igbokwe,personal assistance to Late first lady(Late Mrs.Stella Obasanjo) who died last october in a spainish hospital in Madrid Spain after under going surgrey.
During when both of us were at Spain before the surgrey that took her life, she deposited a huge amount of money(valued at 10,000000) ten million united states dollars with a finance and security company in Spain, which nobody know about.

Since after her death, the money have been laying with the finance company as an aboundoned funds.
As her personnal assistance,i have every documents and paper works which was issued to us as at the time of deposit.
Right now,i seek your assistance to enable me present you before the finance company in Spain as her next of kin,while the funds will be released and transferred into your norminated bank account.

Note, after duly completed with the claim of the said deposited funds,40% of the funds will be yours while 60% will be for me and my colleagues.
To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose your private contact telephone number, fax number full name and address and your designated bank coordinates to enable us file letter of claim to the appropriates departments to the finance company in Spain.

Sincerely,
Mrs.Celestine Igbokwe.







Prueba el Nuevo Correo Terra; Seguro, r&aacute;pido, fiable.

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