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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:

• 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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 orphan scam.
• 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.
  • stevegrngs207@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Steve Garang <steveogrng@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <stevegar207@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 05:24:27 -0800
Subject: LETTER OF ASSISTANCE



Dear Sir/Madam


I am
19 years child and my mother the widowed wife to former Sudanese First-Vice
President John Garang. I am writing you this letter with the believe that you
will be kind enough to come to our aid since the death of my father because My
mother is the last wife to my father before his death.

We are
contacting you with an investment plan, which we want you to handle for us. We
are ready and willing to invest the sum of $18.3 million dollars, which was left
behind by my late father. Before his death he instructed the finance &
security company where the funds are deposited in Ghana
in an M.O.U (Memorandum of Understanding) to make sure we appoints a foreign
investment manager who will manage this fund for us in a foreign country with a
politically stable economy.

We will be most grateful if you accept
our investment proposal either in your company or as an individual. If you are
willing to proceed with as our investment manager do feel free to contact us
with your brief personal profile and other details on the business that you feel
will be good enough for the investment funds. Please note that on you acceptance
of this proposal your names shall be presented to the finance and security
company officially as the beneficiary to the investment fund and we shall
undertake a written Trust agreement where all parties will know what percentage
will be taken as the investment produces profit.

We hope for a
favorable response to our mail. As more details will be provided to you on what
we need to do to get this funds for the investment purpose in your country. My
mother and I will also have to relocate to join you in your country.

For
the confirmation of our facts please visit this web links: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/50428.htm,
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-08-01-sudan-vp_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA

Please you can get back to me
via this email:stevegrngs207@yahoo.ca

Best regards,
Steve
Garang
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