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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Edward Manso <edy.manso11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <edy.manso@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:10:33 -0600
Subject: YOUR REPLY MEANS ALOT



I will appreciate your urgent response to my email and i assure you that this transfer will surely improve our lives and that of all those around us.
I am Mr Edward Manso, I work in the International Operation Department for the Bank Of Ghana here in Ghana. I believe and feel quite safe revealing this important business and will be glad to execute it with you.
My assurance to you is that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties.I am only contacting you who is a foreigner because my bank is going to welcome you as a foreigner that has correct information about the account which I will give to you before we proceed.
I got your mail contact from the International directory and will be glad to do this business with you.
please i will like you to log on to (http://www.hariri.info) for more information and proper understanding about the deceased owner of this fund before reading further.
During my last momentary auditing,I discovered that Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri holds an account in my bank which he left no beneficiary. My investigation proved to me as well that his company and family does not know anything about this very account. The transferable amount is Thirty Six Million Pounds and I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine. If you are capable of handling such an amount in strict
confidence and trust we will achieve this money immediately, I will also use my position to influence and effect legal approvals and immediate onward transfer of this money into your account with appropriate clearance from the ministries and foreign exchange department.
As soon as the transfer is concluded, you are entitled to 15% of the total funds,i wait
your soonest reply to my mail.

Sincerely Yours,
Edward Manso
Auditor

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