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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 deposit" (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: "james remalla" <james_remalla123@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:20:02 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL


DEAR SIR,
I WISH TO CONTACT YOU FOR AN URGENT OUTSTANDING-TRANSACTION,
REGARDLESS MY INFORMALITY AS A HITCH TO INTIMATE YOU OF THE

CONFIDENTIAL.

HOWEVER, MY NAME IS REMALLA JAMES FROM CAPE VERDE ISLAND, I AM A SAILOR

IN THE WEST AFRICAN COAST ROUT WITH JUMBO OCEAN LINE, DURING MY USUAL

TRIP I CAME IN CONTACT WITH A REBEL LEADER WHO ASKED ME TO ASSIST HIM

TO ESCAPE FOR HIS SAFETY , I TRIED TO HELP BUT ALONG THE LINE HE WAS

APPREHENDED BY SECURITY AGENTS WHO WERE TRAILING HIM, BUT DURING THE

PROCESS OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY HIS PERSONAL EFFECTS INSIDE THE BAGUAGE

CABIN BY THE SECURITY AGENTS, THE REBEL GAVE ME A BACK PASS OF HIS

ELECTRONIC HAND DATA WHICH I KEPT THE SECRET WITHIN MYSELF WITH

GUESSES OF WHY HE GAVE THE BACK PASS TO ME, I KEPT MY GUESSES UNTIL AT

A DESTINATION WHERE HE WAS TAKEN AWAY.
I ACCESS THE DATA THROUGH A BUTTON WHICH I TOUCHED AND THERE CAME AN

INFORMATION OF HUGE DEPOSITED FISCAL AMOUNT TO A FINANCIAL SECURITY

VAULT.
AT MY RETURN FROM THE TRIP I CALLED THE INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS

FROM THE DATA INFORMATION WHICH REFLECTED OF DEPOSIT IN THE VAULT, AND

I HEARD A RESPONSE OF QUESTIONS, WHEN I DECLARE MYSELF A REPRESNTATIVE

TO THE DEPOSITOR, I WAS ASKED DEPOSITOR'S IDENTITY NUMBER, DEPOSITOR'S

SERIEL NUMBER ,DEPOSITOR'S VAULT NUMBER, DEPOSITOR'S CODE WORD AND LAST

FIVE DIGITS OF DEPOSITOR'S ADMISSION NUMBERS,
WHEN I ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS THROUGH THE DATA INFORMATION, I HEARD

AN OK ANSWER FOLLOWED WITH A BIP LIKE TRANSFAR OF COMMUNICATION, AND IN

LESS THAN THIRTY SECONDS( 30 SECS) I HEARD THE VOICE OF THE DUTY

MANAGER WHO ASKED ME THE SERVICE I NEEDED, HE ASK IF I HAVE INSTRUCTION

FOR THEM OR INFORMATION OR IF AM COMING FOR COLLECTION, AND I REPLIED

HIM THAT I WANT TO MAKE THE CONFIRMATION BECAUSE I WILL SOON COME FOR

COLLECTION AND HE SAID TO ME OK.
MY PROBLEM NOW IS THAT I NEED A RELIABLE PERSON OVERSEAS WHO IS TRUST

WORTHY WHOM I CAN GIVE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO PROCEED FOR CLAIMS

SINCE I HAVE NOT BEEN TO OVERSEAS AND HAVE NOT TRAVELLED MORE THAN WEST

AFRICAN SHORES,MOREOVER, I DON'T HAVE PAPERS TO TRAVEL WESTERN

WORLD,AND I DON'T WANT MY SURROUNDINGS TO KNOW MY SECRET, OR MY SOURCE

OF BREAK THROUGH.
I NEED YOUR SINCERITY TO EXECUTE THIS DEAL, I LOOK TOWARDS BROTHER-HOOD

AFFAIRS WITH YOU TO FINALISE THIS DEAL.

AWAITS YOUR RESPONSE
BEST REGARDS.
REMALLA JAMES.

Anti-fraud resources:

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