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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr. Danny Alvarez" <dalvarezchambers@yahoo.de>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:44:02 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT REPONSE


Hello Sir,

I do not understand the reason of you asking me questions.

My duties to Mrs. Lady Toreth Hughes is to assist her benefactor in having her will, and not to be questioned by any one

If you know you are not ready, let me know as soon as possible so that i can inform her to look for someone else.

I thought i asked you to get me your requirements, and you have not funished me with those informations. if i do not get
those informations today, i will have it in mind that you are not ready for this transaction.

I await your URGENT response to this email and i asume you aknowledge receipt upon receipt.

Regards,

Barr. Danny Alvarez.




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