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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 beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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. )
  • "huge amount 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)
  • ",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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: mary lammer <marylammer8@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: marylammer@uku.co.uk
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:13:58 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Urgent.


My Dear Beloved,

It is with tears and pains that I am writing this email from my sick bed in a hospital here in Guinea Conakry. I believe you have never met such a condition before. I am Miss Mary Kwela, a daughter to late Engineer Pat Kwela, former owner of PETROLEUM AND GAS Company, in Benin Republic. My late father died in December 2003 In a Plane Crash.

My late father estates was taking by his wicked brother and know one was left for me because my illness they did not know that he deposited a very huge amount of money in the security company.

Due to my illness.I found your e-mail address as a real Child of God for over a month now, during my search for a trust worthy son of God. And since then, I have been investigating about you to know if really you are working according to the direction of God. So, after all my investigation, I was convince, and I have decided to contact you, but if for any reason you find this mail offensive, you can ignore it and please accept my apology.

But if it touches you in your heart to help the homeless and the needy, please respond as soon as possible. Before my fathers death he was a major oil tycoon, in Benin and deposited the sum of US$6,000,000.00 (Six Million U.S Dollars only)with a box of Gold in a Security Company here in Guinea Conakry, some years ago and right now that is all I have left, after my late fathers business associates took everything that belongs to my father and his brothers.

I can not make the withdrawal of this fund, because my late father registered the Beneficiary of the fund as his (Foreign Business Partner) and also (Family valuables as the content of the deposit) the documents of the deposit are with me. Now i want to invest this money in your country for security and political reasons. I want you to help in claiming and retrieve this fund from the security company and so it can be delivered to you in your country for investment purposes.

The question now is can you be trusted? You know in a business like this required trust to achieved the success, I have seen what money does to people and even the best of us can change over night. It is true that a transaction of this magnitude cannot be realized without trust, but I hope that at the end we both will get what we want out of this transaction.

If you can assist me i will be pleased to offer you 10% of the total fund.

I need this informations from you.

(1)Telephone or fax numbers?

(2) Your full name?

(3) Your full address?

(4) What is your occupation?

(5) How old are you?

From. Miss Mary.


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