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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:
  • "million us 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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Rieko Fukami" <barrmrs46@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <barr.rieko4@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:59:28 +0100
Subject: Subject: Urgent/Confidential project



Subject: Urgent/Confidential projectFrom Barr. Mrs. Rieko Fukami
Hello Dear, My name is Mrs. Rieko Fukami a Lawyer. I am the personal solicitor to Late Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, a Japan successful business man who died January 26, 1998. I desperately need your assistance to secure and move huge sums of money left behind by my late client to the tune of $135.3 Million US Dollars, these funds was kept in a bank in Cayman Islands which i am ready to give you the bank informations in cayman Islands to contact them. I will pay 30% of the total sum for your cooperation/assistance in this matter. I will give you more details on your positive response, also include in your reply and acknowledgment of this mail your mobile tel. number and Identification either copy of your international passport or drivers lisence so that we can discuss in details. Best Regards,Mrs. Rieko Fukami.
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