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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • michaelasisa@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Michael Asisa" <michaelasisa4@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:47:03 +0000
Subject: A Call For Business Partnership

Dear Sincerely ,

I am Michaell Asisa. I got your e-mail contact through my search as a reliable person and I decided to contact you for a business proposal that will be of great benefit to you and my family.

To lighten you on this, and I will like to invest in your Country/Firm a huge amount of $11.5Million dollars which is my inheritance from my late Father, if you are interested in this project please kindly reply soonest to enable me give you the details.
I will need from you a mutual understanding and then we shall make plans of how the funds would be secured into an account in your name for our investment.
We look forward to your response you can also contact me with my yahoo ID ( michaelasisa@yahoo.com.
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Best Regards.
Michaell Asisa.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam