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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Lazman Dunga <lazm011@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: lazmandunga000@walla.com
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:40:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I await your reply & information


Attn:Sir,

I am Mr Lazman Dumga senior branch Manager of Prime Bank South Africa.Iam contacting you to assist in the claim of someoutstanding sum of money which was left by one of my very good clients whodied in a AF4590 plane crash on his way to america after he left South Africa to see his family in germany. This client Christian Eich was an engineer with one of the foremost construction firms here in Johannesburg South Africa.

He left no known next of kin and all our attempts to trace someone related to him to whom wecould pay the money have met a dead end.I have now personally decided tocontact you to stand on behalf of the family so I can present you as his next of kin using my influence as a senior Manager of this bank. The amountinvolved is USD 10 .3 million (Ten million three hundred thousand United States Dollars) which is the account balance. You can view the website for more details on the death of the man

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

I look forward to hearing from you with your full name and address and contact phone number asap.

Yours faithfully
Mr Lazman Dunga


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