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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:
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Tade Johnson." <mrtadejohnson@libero.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: tadejohnson@libero.it
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:25:45 +0200
Subject: I seek your assistance

Attn:Please,

First, i must solicit your confidence in this letter. I am Mr. Tade Johnson, the director of treasury and bill exchange at the bank where i work.

I humbly wish to seek your assistance in a matter that requires utmost urgency and confidentiality. I want to start investment with the sum of ($12,000,000.00) Twelve Million Dollars in your country or any other country with good economic stability and political climate.

For some reasons i cannot place this fund with established financial institution so these requires me to urgently look for a reliable partner to help move this fund out of here invest/manage it for me before i finally resign from my office. It is my wish that this deal be handled as quietly as possible without any leakage to the press. If you agree to act as a fund manager for me, then i will release the money to you. Upon favourable response from you i shall let you know how to receive the fund. I shall be interested in real estates, hotels, stocks & bonds or any other business you might recommend.

After successful deal, your commission shall be thirty percent of the total sum which is ($3,600,000.00) Three Million Six Hundred Thousand USD. for your assistance in safely moving the fund offshore of Senegal. Sixty five percent for me and five percent shall be used to inbures expenses we might incur during the transaction. you shall also be entitled to an annual fourty percent of the money after tax returns for the first two years of managing my share of the deal. Thereafter the terms shall be review.

Please do reply if you can handle it for further details. henceforth, write me on my private email address below. Waiting for your quick reply message.

Thanks and best regards,
Tade Johnson.
Email: tadejohnson@libero.it

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