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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:
  • "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: "Jenifer Brad" <jbrad05@myway.com>
Reply-To: jeniferbrad2001@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 12:19:38 -0500 (EST)
Subject: CAN I CONFIDE IN YOU?










COMPLIMENTSYou may wish to be the Gods sent to help me out,my name is Jenifer Brad,the only surviving daughter of late Professor Jones Brad.A professor with a research institute based in London and a Branch in Nigeria.my father died in a plane crash on his way back from Nigeria,after a busness transaction,of which my mother took off three(3) days later.it is a known fact that many Nigerians and even their leaders are ritualists,the do not play by the teachings of our father JESUS CHRIST.Sir, before his death,my father left the sum of $7.8 million U.S dollars,which is a remainder of a private business with the Obasanjos(President of Nigeria),he has let the secret of his wifes death and that of his HIV status.which all of a suden warrants my fathers death.after then,i became their next target to eliminate just like they have done to my father.i can no longer move around except bissonet street in Houston Texas which is my hide out and as well a secret to you and i.YOUR ROLE:I
want you to join hand with i and my fathers lawyer to transact the money into your account,promsing to reward you with 40% of the money and i will use the rest to open a memorial research institute for my father in Dubai.we have made arrangements with the bank manager,of which he has promised to put head together with us whenever we are ready for the transaction.Please my dear endeavour,we humbly confide in you as we look forwaed to your urgent reply,promising to disclose to you any more piece of information you might wish to know.thanks as we wait for your urgent reply.Jenfer Brad.


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