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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Tambo William" <tamboy2k2003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: william_tambo1@o2.pl
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:23:21 +0100
Subject: TOP URGENT PLEASE


>From ,William Tambo

ATENTION: PLEASE.

How are you? I hope fine. How is work? I guess all right. Please I got your
email address while browsing through the net and I know you are a very
reputable person because I believe you are.

Please I want you to know that this transaction can only take place if you
agree with your heart to help me out and have no doubts nor get scared.
As you know from the mail, we want to put you in as the next of kin of the
late Engr John Creek who until his death has an account with our bank with a
closing account of us$21.5m and since his death nobody has come up to claim
this money from our bank.

>From the information's gathered in the late Engr creek's file there is no
trace to anybody who has any blood relationship with the late Engr, this
makes us know that once there is an application from any foreigner applied
to the bank, in respect of this fund, the bank will have no alternative
than to transfer the money to the person.

For your assistance we will give you 30%, while we retain 60% and 10% will
be used to offset any bill incurred in this transaction. If this is okay by
you,please i will like you to mail me immediately so that we can go on.

Awaiting your urgent reply via email
address: william_tambo1@o2.pl

Yours faithfully,
William Tambo

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