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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • godwin_rogers01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From: Mr Godwin Rogers" <godwin_rogers1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: godwin_rogers01@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:53:05 +0100
Subject: My Dear Friend Please Can You Act As A Fund Manager?


My Dear Friend,

I am so very sorry if I pried into your privacy. I am Mr. Godwin Rogers, the financial accountant at the bank where I work.

I humbly wish to seek your assistance in a matter that requires utmost urgency and confidentiality. I want to start investment with the sum of $13,750,000.00 Euros (Thirteen Million Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars ) in your country or any other country with good economic stability and political climate.

For some reasons i cannot place this fund with established financial institution so these requires me to urgently look for a reliable partner to help move this fund out of here invest/manage it for me before i finally resign from my office. It is my wish that this deal be handled as quietly as possible without any leakage to the press. If you agree to act as a fund manager for me, then i will release the money to you. Upon favourable response from you i shall let you know how to receive the fund. I shall be interested in real estates, hotels, stocks & bonds or any other business you might recommend.

After successful deal, your commission shall be fourty percent of the total sum for your assistance in safely moving the fund into your account. fifty five percent for me and five percent shall be used to reinbures expenses we might incur during the transaction. you shall also be entitled to an annual fourty percent of the money after tax returns for the first two years of managing my share of the deal. Thereafter the terms shall be review.

To start up this process, you just have to send your full names/contact address, direct phone and fax numbers for easier communication and acquaintance.God bless you as I look forward to having a good partnership relationship with you both in this transaction and in our future investment in your country. Henceforth, write me on my private email address below.

Best regards,
Godwin Rogers.
Email:godwin_rogers01@yahoo.com

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