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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 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. )
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "attorneys " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr Richard Green." <info@infiniteenterprises.co.uk>
Reply-To: barrrichardgreen@satellite-email.com
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:46:36 +0000
Subject: RE-Mrs Joan Henderson.


Attorney Richard Green
Brown & Sprawson Solicitors
46 High St South,Luton LU6 3HE
United Kingdom.

Dear Friend,

I am Attorney Richard Green representing Brown & Sprawson Solicitors, 46 High St South,Luton LU6 3HE We are the personal attorneys to Mrs Joan Henderson,a citizen of United States of America .

Mrs Henderson is a gold merchant and spent all her life on investment and corporate business, unfortunately she lost her husband and two beautiful kids on the 24th November 2001 Cross air aircraft crash of the 97-seat Jumbolino Avero RJ-100 aircraft en route from Berlin, Germany to Zurich, Switzerland. The aircraft crashed in poor weather conditions as it approached Zurich airport.

On 4th September,2006,she went for a medical check up,and her personal doctor confirmed to her that she has a lung cancer which can easily take off her life soon. she found it uneasy to survive and quickly called a pastor to give her positive thinking on this solution and he advised her to donate allshe has to the less-privileged in the society since she does not have any child that will inherit it.
She has decided to donate the fund which she deposited with a security company US$3.5 Million (Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to a
non-governmental,or a non religious, or a non profit Organization or better still an
individual that will utilize this money the way she has instructed herein. She wants the Organization, or an individual, that will use this gift which comes from her sweat to fund the upkeep of widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, the down-trodden, physically challenged children.

I am writing this based on her instruction to any Organization or better still an
individual that will utilize this money the way she wishes .

As soon as I receive your reply I will give you the contact information of the security company where the fund was deposited. I will assist you secure all the required documents to make sure you claim this fund, and also a Letter of Authority will be issued to you on her behalf on this regards, making you the original beneficiary of this fund with other related documents.

Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein. Hope to hear from you soon and God bless you and members of your family.

Best Regards

Mr RICHARD GREEN

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