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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 friend" (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. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss.lawrencia peter" <law_04peter@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:26:23 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

Good day. I decided to contact you after I went through my father’s file. Hence we confide in you. I sincerely seek your assistance. My name is Miss.lawrencia peter,whom her entire family was wiped out, as a result of Kenya Airways that crashed into mangrove swamps near the city of Douala and I am the only daughter. Before the accident, my Father deposited the sum of 6.2 million U.S dollars cash in a Security Company in my name as the beneficiary.

I am with all the documents that covers the fund and as an asylum seeker, it is not in my legal capacity to put up claims to this fund. This is why I need your assistance as my late father’s foreign partner to put up claims to this fund.I will forward to you all the documents that cover this fund. I will offer you 25% of the fund for your assistance and efforts while 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that we may incurred during this transaction.

If you are interested and capable to assist me in this transaction, please get back to me
immediately. I look forward to a favorable response from you soonest have nice day and hoping to hear from you .

Best regards,
Miss.lawrencia peter.

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