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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (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: mremmanuel edward <mremmanuel_edward100@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mremmanuel_edward72@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 02:23:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent Needed Dear Friend


Dear Friend,

As a trusted friend and aide to the son of Mr.Emmanuel Edward, the former secretary General to the united Nations, I was opportuned to come accross a huge sum of money worth 25.5 million united states of American Dollars saved in the country house in Togo where I work for them and some files Marked Iraqi etc.

Presently the Emmanuel Edward family wants to retire in active service to make Farm/poultry projects at their country home and I earnestly wants a good foreigner that can help me keep this my life time opportunity to become somebody in life and above all help procure entry Visa that can help me leave Togo.
I can be contacted with this name and I will give the person a part of the money as will be agreed upon by both of us.

Please for our mutual intrest I do not want publcity.And need your contact information such as Bellow;

phone number .........
Fax number...........
Age............
Occupation............
Address...............

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