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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (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: mohamed mangu <mohamedmangum38@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mohamedmangu1957@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 01:47:59 +0200
Subject: FROM MR MOHAMED MANGU



FROM MR MOHAMED MANGU
Asalam Aleykom,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise however,it's just my urgentneed for a foreign partner that made me contact you for this transaction.I am a banker by profession from DAKAR REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL in west Africa and currentlyholding the post of auditing general, I discover this deposit in our auditing course.
I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds $36.700.000.00 Million United State Dollarsbelonging to the deceased client who died in the sharter plane which crashed on mountkenyan in the kenyan city of sumburu on 21st july,2003 to any foreign account .
You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on thiswebsite :http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
Hence,i am inviting you for a business deal where this funds $36.700.000.00 United State Dollars can be sharedbetween us in the ratio 60/40 if you agree to my business proposal.
Eagerly waiting for your urgent response please.
WassalamMohamed Mangu
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