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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:
  • ",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: castro witham <withcastro25@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <castrowith@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:44:33 +0000
Subject: Hello ,please reply


Hello , It is my pleasure to contact you for a business transaction. If you can be so kind to contact me, please do at your earliest convenience for a possible business deal involving money transfer of about £22,000,000 (Twenty two Million Pounds) I am Mr. Castro Witham, the Finance Manager in one of the World’s Largest Funds Management Company. With your sincere assistant and co-operation, I am determined to work this deal out if we can do business. As at this moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your response is received. Hope to read from you as soon as possible. Warmest regards,Mr. Castro Witham.


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