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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: "MARK KABILA" <info_kabila@excite.com>
Reply-To: markkabila00@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:18:29 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: GOOD DAY






Dear Friend,



This letter might surprise you because we have met neither in person nor by correspondence. I got your contact through some discreet inquiry from the chamber of commerce and industry, you were revealed as being quite astute in private entrepreneurship.I am Mr Mark Kabila the son of late President LAURENT DESIRE KABILA the immediate past President of THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO in Africa who was murdered on Tuesday 16th January 2001. I am contacting you bearing in mind that you will be of good assistance to me in a business that will benefit both of us. I inherited a huge sum of money from my late Father, being money from a successful transaction between him and a very close business associate and friend of the family. There has been chaos in my family since our father demise and since I am the only person aware of this transaction between my father and his partner. Please feel free to send me an email as soon as you receive this letter for more details. Please do not
neglect this email. Thanks and God Bless.



Mr Mark Kabila.

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