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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Faith Azamgo <azamgo_faith@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <malathostos@yahoo.com.mx>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 19:51:17 +0100
Subject: Happy New Year



Hello my dear, This message might meet you in an utmost surprise however, as a matter is life and death,it's just my urgent need of a trust, I wish you could volunteer your self to receive a bank draft cheque of 850,000.00 euros from me and distribute the money among orphanage homes or charity organizations there in your country. I have made up my mind to donate all of the money 850,000.00 euros to the less privileges, I have to seek the face of God at this point in time. I am once an orphan and when growing up i came in contact with some bad friends in Ireland, I was forced to become a drug pusher, I have push drug form one country to the other as a result of bad direction my friends lead me to and the kind of money i was making from it. I cry for myself but my prayer right now is that God will receive me in heaven and i will have rest, please pry for me my good friend.Presently, I'm lying critically ill in Dakar Senegal general hospital. I don’t need you to sympathize me because i believe that i deserved to die as the doctor confirm that i have few days now to live as a result of drug explosion in my stomach. I want you to kindly send to me immediately your following in-formations: YOUR FULL NAME................................. POSTAL ADDRESS................................. PHONE NO°....................................... I need the above requirements from you urgently to issue you a bank draft cheque of 850,000.00 euros on your name and dispatch it to your address before the final whistle. Am using the last blood on my veins now to write this message from the hospital PC here and i need your urgent reply because i have no body to inherit my wealth if i die tomorrow. God bless you. Mr. Malath Ostos
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