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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:
  • "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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.dANIEL lAMPRETCH <d.lampretch@crawler.com>
Reply-To: d.lampretch@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:27:45 +0200
Subject: FROM DANIEL LAMPRETCH


FROM MR. Daniel Lampretch
Email:d.lampretch@crawler.com

Sir,

I am Mr. Daniel Lampretch, the Manager, Bills and Exchange
at the Foreign Remittance Department of a prime Bank
in South Africa, and I am writing this letter to ask for your support
and cooperation to carry out this business opportunity
in my Bank.

We discovered the sum of US$20,000,000:00 (TWENTY
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) as we were doing the final year
auditing in a dormant account and I have discussed with my colleagues
(two of them), and we agreed to move out the said amount immediately.

To Commence this transaction, we require you to indicate your
interest by a return e-mail through d.lampretch@crawler.com
For your information, we will give you 20% of the total amount
for your assistance.

So if it is ok with you send your information immediately.

Daniel Lampretch

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam