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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: stanley mark <stanley_mark_1011@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 07:15:16 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL!!!



Dear Sir/Madam, I am Mr. STANLEY Mark,from UNITED KINGDOM, I am contacting you in good faith because I believe that you will be in good position to assist me and I need your trust and honesty. I inherited U.S$15.5 Million from my late father who died three years ago in londom through a fatal motor accident which occured on the 23 may 2005. I am the only child of Late Mr. Jackson Mark, I have agreed to invest this money viable in any Overseas country through your assistance and Directives. You will provide or look for a lucrative venture where this money can be invested on before proceeding. We will get to be more familiar and also go into an understanding working agreement because as the only Son of my Late father,my future now depends on this money.The box containing the money and treasures were all registered as a family treasures by my Late father before his dead and this was done for security reasons. I want to invest this money in a very reputable business in your country and I want you to help me secure the funds for my investments in your Country. I will also like to know what you will take as your percentage for assisting me. I sincerely wish to introduce and make you my business partner and overseer of my proposed investments in your country. I will prepared to send all the documents regarding to this deposit as soon as you show your immediate response. Please,do not fail to give me your telephone and fax numbers for further details. Thanks and God bless you and your family, Awaiting your reply, Mr.STANLEY Mark .
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