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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:
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • mcaw_01@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Ac Sawy <mcaw_01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: acs1963@mail.ru
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 07:13:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: my sincere greetings to you


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mcaw_01@yahoo.com



- Dear Sir, Greetings! My name is Miss Evelyn Cummings, the only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer Genevieve Cummings of the blessed memory. My father was a very wealthy cocoa and gold merchant in Accra the economic capital of Ghana; my late father was poisoned to death by his business associates in one of their outings on a business trip. My mother died when I was a baby and since then, my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on January 2007 in a private hospital here in Accra, he secretly called me to his sick bed and told me that he has the sum of Four Million, seven hundred & fifty thousand United States Dollars deposited with reputable management & trust company here in Accra, that he used my name as his only daughter as the next of kin in depositing the fund encased a metallic trunk box. He also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates couple with the fact that he has no son whom they thought would inherit his wealth since am a female .He instructed that I should seek for a foreign partner/assistance to transfer the money and use it for investment purpose. I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways: (1) You will visit me here to facilitate plans on how to move the money to your country and assist me relocate to your country, (2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 19years old,(3)You will also be liable to manage and invest the money since I do not have any business idea. Anticipating getting a positive assistance confirmation from you .Thanks and God bless ,Best regards, Miss Evelyn

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