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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:
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • mackfolly_9903316@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mack folly <mackfolly_9903317@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mackfolly_9903316@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:10:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOUR TRUST PLEASE//


From Mack folly Dear one

PLEASE AND PLEASE DONT BE EMBARASSED.

Please grant me the opportunity of going into business relationship with you. I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business. I am Mack folly the only son of late Mr and Mrs. Akwa folly My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Togo, my father die after one his business trip, after Three days illness.

My mother died when I was a little boy and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on January 2005 in a private hospital here in Togo he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of siven million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars ($7.5 million) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank, that he used my name as his only son for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by the member of our family That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, he also explain to me that he made agreement with the bank that I will be up till 25 year before I can have access to the money or I look for a foreign partner to assist me transfer the money to his account.I am honourably seeking your assistance please:

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this money into your nominated account overseas. Further more if you indicate your opinions towards assisting me as I believe, this transfer would be concluded within fourteen (14) days, hence the advice the bank gave to me. Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks for in advance for your asistance.
Best regards,
Mack Folly

PLEASE RELPY ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL mackfolly_9903316@yahoo.com






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