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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "30% for you " (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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: patrick radebe <pradebe222@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <pradebe2007@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 09:24:44 +0200
Subject: THNAKS



Dear Sir/Madam, I am a staff member of one of the leading banks in South Africa . I am asking for your indulgence in re-profiling funds which we want to keep under your supervision. The Funds totaling ($7,400,000).I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this fund cannot be approved to a local Bank here in South Africa,since the funds are in US Dollars and the owner of this account is Mr. Morris Thompson an American, and he died since 2000 in an air crash along with his wife & Daughter on 31/01/2000 in an Alaska Airlines Flight 261 with other passengers on board. You can confirm from thiswebsitehttp://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/Please, I am proposing 30% for you for your assistance while my colleagues and I will receive 60% and 10% for charity at the conclusion of this venture. Please if you are interested kindly forward to me the following informations stated below : (1) Your direct telephone number and fax number(2) Your occupation(3) Your full Names(4) Your age(5) Your contact address All that is require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Your reply should indicate your willingness in assisting us. And I will send you all the detailed information and the deceased biodata that you will need to process an application for the claims of the funds.I look forward towards a good business relationship with you.Regards.Mr.Patrick Radebe.
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