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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "urgent assistance" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: j glotovs <gjevgenijs14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jglotovs15@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 11:23:23 +0000
Subject: urgent reply




Dear sir/ma,Good day to your todayI know that this email will come to you as a surprise because you don,t know me and i don,t know you too.I beleive that when you read this email,you will understand the importants and urgency in sending you this email without prior notice.My name is Glotovs Jevgenijs,i am 16 years old and an ophan.My late father died in Russian Airplane crash on July 10, 2006.I lost my father on the ill fated Plane when he took a conneting flight enroute to my Country Latvia.For details about the crash,please,see website:http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/09/russia.crash/index.htmlHowever,my late father was a successful business man who lived in Mauritius before coming back to my country,Latvia.Before the death of my father,he told me that he deposited the sum of US$7,000,000:00{Seven Million US Dollars} with the BANK OF MAURITIUS in the year 1999.I have contacted the BANK OF MAURITIUS and they told me that i am free to come and claim the money as the only son of my late father.Now,i am presently living with my unlce who is taking care of my school and my uncle is very wicked to me.He has seized all my late father,s properties and sold them away without giving me anything.Now,i don,t want him to know about the US$7,000,000:00 with the Bank that is why i am contacting you to give me urgent assistance so that i can instruct the Bank to transfer the money to your account to enable me come to meet you in your country.My main reason of contacting you is because i don,t want my uncle to know about the money because he may claim it and seize the money and i will not get anything.I am assuring you that this money belong to my late father and it is safe,risk free and legal.Let me know if your ready to help me on this so that i can give you the detail information of the bank,and we reach and agreement on what will be your share. I am waiting for your reply.My regards,Mr.Glotovs Jevgenijs

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