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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "william " <williamethan2@yahoo.ca>
Date: 17 Nov 2006 21:50:37 -0000
Subject: HELLO



GROUP AUDIT FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DIVISION
ALPHA BANK LONDON
66 Cannon Street, London EC4N
:TRANSFER OF 26,000,000.00 MILLION POUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT.
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important
business.Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly
abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still
remains the fastest medium of ommunication. However, this
correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be
treated as such.
At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is
100% risk and trouble free to both parties.
IN ORDER TO TRANSFER OUT (TWENTY SIX MILLION POUNDS
STERLINGS) FROM OUR BANK HERE IN LONDON. THE FUND FOR
TRANSFER IS OF CLEAN ORIGIN. THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS A
FOREIGNER, a program leader who was believed to acquire
the fund through his secret Crude Oil deal with the Former
IRAQI Government.The deceased died with all the members of
his family in an auto-accident in JUNE 23, 1999 without a
WILL. The amount involved is [26, 000, 000.00 POUNDS
STERLINGS].
I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT
ABROAD BUT I DON\'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER WHOM I CAN TRUST, I
KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE
DON\'T KNOW OURSELVES BEFORE, BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL
AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I CONTACT YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU
WILL NOT LET ME DOWN ONCE THE FUND GOES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
Let me hear from you URGENTLY by Email.You can also fax or
call me for more detail.
Regards,
Mr william Ethan

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