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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Phillip A." <o-p-e-c-p_23@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <opec_info@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 02:17:07 +0100
Subject: OPEC 05-10-07



Good day,
I want you to patiently read this offer.I am Dr. Phillip Algor. The Assistant to the Head of Delegation to the World Bank in Europe.I am the link man between the Organization For Petroleum Exporting Countries - OPEC and the petroleum sector in the European countries. I also attend OPEC meetings constantly in Vienna, Austria on the auspices of World Bank.

Through the sale of our allocated oil quota in OPEC, I was able to make a large sum of money (millions us dollars), which is currently deposited in a Security company in Europe.
I want you to assist me to claim this money as I cannot claim it directly because I am still a civil servant, and the code of conduct bureau forbids me to acquire such amount of money. It is on this basis that I am contacting you for assistance.If interested, claimed documents with which the fund is deposited will be re processed and changed to reflect you as the new beneficiary so that you will be eligible to collect the fund on my behalf.I will give you 30% of the fund for this assistance, while 60% will be for me and 10% will be for expenses that may be incurred on both sides.

I am aware of the international monitoring of all large-scale financial movements after the September 11Th 2001 terrorist attack on America and to avoid any state of financial investigation I will provide a classified clearance paper from the relevant body which will exonerate the money from either drug, money laundered or terrorist related proceeds.Note that This information is also open for scrutiny and I also assure you that there is no risk attached in this transaction.

Please if interested,provide me with your private telephone and fax numbers for easier communication.

Best Regard.
Dr. Phillip Algor.
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