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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mustapha Koffi benson" <bkmustapha@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: koffi_benson205@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:20:33 +0000
Subject: Dear Wilhelmina..............URGENT ATTENTION


Dear Friend,

Please do not be surprise to receive this mail.My name is Mustapha K.
Benson, I am Regional Director of GLOBAL TRUST SECURITY/FIANANCE COMPANY in
the ACCRA-GHANA.

I write to share this confidential business transaction with you for our
mutual benefit.

We had a foreign client who deposited a huge sum of money,Tweenty eight
million five hundred thousand US dollars(US$28.5million) with our Company.
Eventually, this client was among the victims of EGYPT AIRBOEING 767 FLIGHT
NO.990 that crashed in the U.S.A.and since that incident, no body has come
for the claim of this fund as the next of kin.

A situation I have monitored closely with my position as the regional
director of this Company for many years. Now, having monitored this deposit
and managed it over the years before his death, and hence nobody has showed
up as the next of kin for the past years, I have removed the file to my
private box.

I hereby write to solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of
kin as every other arrangement has been concluded by me and I am only
waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the consignment.This does not have
any risk attached to it,as all the internal documentations will be handled
by me. I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message
and I will furnish you with details.

Your interest will be negotiable before we commence the operation. Your
immediate response to this mail is highly anticipated.

Best Regards,

Mustapha K. Benson

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