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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:
  • "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: "williams" <williamsfred3@virgilio.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: williamsfred@pc.nu
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 20:52:23 -0700
Subject: GREETINGS FROM MR WILLIAMS

>From Mr. Williams F.
Box 1287 Port Shepstone
Chaka -South Africa
I am Mr.Williams Fred,Chairman (SADC)South Africa Development Community
Contractor's debt Payment panel.I got your contact after an official enquiry
from your country's Consulate via the of Commerce & Industries here in my
country,but I did not disclose the intention to anyone because of the delicate
nature of the proposal.
I am contacting you to solicit for your assistance to help me safe
guard funds amounting to (Twenty Five Million,five hundred thousand United
States Dollars).left by one of our late foreign contractors whose relatives
could not be traced as he died along with his family
members.You will be presented as the Next-Of-Kin to the deceased to
enable our organization transfer the money to you as the legitimate next of
Kin.
I will give you more details about the transaction when I receive your
affirmative response at my secured Email address. Looking forward to hearing
from you soonest.
Best regards,
Mr.Williams Fred .

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