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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:
  • "dearest one," (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: "era jenny" <era_jenny02@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 02:27:19 +0100
Subject: urgent response

Dearest one, My name is Mr. King Ukwu from Ghana. I work in an auditing
company here in Ghana. A bank in Nigeria hired my company for their
etiquette way of our auditing we know best. Few of us were sent to execute
the job. During the audition we discovered a dormant account that bear a
name Engr. Steve Moore with a huge amount of money (US $15,500.000.00).
Fifteen million five hundred thousand dollars in the account. After some
researches undergo we found that the person bearing the name above has died
since 16th Jan 1999 and we don’t want the bank to take this money. So we
asked the lady that works in computer section in the bank to search for some
name and she came up with yours. The person that can claim this money has to
be a foreigner because Engr Steve Moore is a foreigner from Australia, home
town Sydney. Please is confidential and we want a reliable and capable
person in this transaction. If you are interested, respond urgently for
further information.
please remember:business is business,you take 60% and send me 40% after
withrawal.

thanks,

Mr. King Ukwu

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