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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 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: "morgan frank" <morgan13frank@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: morgan02frank@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:09:10 +0000
Subject: CONTACT ME BACK OK

I am contacting you for a business transaction involving money transfer of
GBP £36,759,000(Thirty Six Million Seven Hundred And
Fifty Nine Thousand Pounds Sterlings).
I am working in a bank here in London and I feel quite safe dealing with you
in this important business, Hoping that you will contact me at your earliest
convenient for a possible business deal involving money transfer of GBP
£36,759,000(Thirty Six Million Seven Hundred And Fifty Nine Thousand Pounds
Sterlings) to your account.
With your sincere assistant and co-operation,I have determined to work this
deal out with you , if we can do business.As at this moment,I am constrained
to issue more details about this business until your response is received.
If you are not familiar with the above information,please take a moment of
your very busy schedules to read about it and send your response.This deal
is worth taking and highly profitable.
I will provide all necessary information needed in order to claim this money
and i know that this message will come to you as a suprise as we don't know
ourselves before,but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.
Thank you for your time and attention,I am waiting for your immediate reply.
Warmest regards,
mr morgan .

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