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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)
  • "i would like to apply through this medium for your co-operation" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Morgan Santos" <mo_santos10@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:12:27 +0200
Subject: My greetings.

Dear Friend,

My Greetings!

May I crave your indulgence for the unsolicited nature of this letter, but it was borne out of desperation and current development. please bear with me. My name is Morgan Santos, I would like to apply through this medium for your co-operation and to secure an opportunity to invest and do joint business with you in your country ,i feel confident therefore to introduce myself and this offer to you based on this problem of war in my country.

I have a substantial capital i honourably intend to invest in your country into a very lucrative business
venture of which you are to advise and execute thesaid venture over there for the mutual benefits ofboth of us.

I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. Well my name is Morgan Santos, I am the only surviving son of MR Yaya MUBALA Santos a diamond dealer from KENEMA in Sierra Leone .My father is now late he died some months back during the last and current crisis in my country Sierra Leone .He was Killed by the rebels for refusing to join and sponsor them.

The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek your assistance in the area of my future investment and also for a help hand over some huge amount of money he left behind. This money 4.8million dollars is deposited in a security and trust company in Dakar Senegal for safe keeping some years ago by my father and he made me the sole beneficiary .I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to claim the deposit from the security company and assist me on investing it as well in your country.

I have made up my mind to offer you 25% of the total sum and also map out 5% for any expenses that will be made during the transaction while the remaining will go into investment and my use.

As I have mention earlier I will make the procedure to this issue to be well known to you if I am given the opportunity to do so in my next message .

Thanks and remain bless

Morgan Santos

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