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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:
  • "million united states 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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • dmpeter55@yahoo.gr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DAN PETERS" <peters_dan@klikni.cz>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 05:40:41 -0700
Subject: RE:(WE NEED YOUR HELPFUL SUGGESTION)


RE:(WE NEED YOUR HELPFUL SUGGESTION)

14b PETERS AVENUE
ELEME PORTHARCOURT
RIVER STATE
NIGERIA

Attn:

contact e-mail: dmpeter55@yahoo.gr

(WE NEED YOUR HELPFUL SUGGESTION)
I Daniel and my sister Mary may wish to know if we can entrust in you
in helping us to receive the $35mUSD (Thirty Five Million United States
Dollars) our parents had with a Financial Institution here before their
untimely death by the assasins.

Our Father was a know politician and was assasinated alongside with my
mother Carol on a good sunday morning on their way to the church.If it
is your wish to help us receive our money and keep it safe in an
account,I and Mary will start applying for our transcript in the school
so that we can come over and conclude our Education.

Dear if this is possible for you,Can you assure us of the
underlisted, when you receive this money as our Beneficiary,so as to
enable us further our Education in your country.

1,Securing a 2 rooms apartment for I and Mary,which we shall pay for.

2,Helping us investing on a profitable business and aswell guiding the
affairs as the director.

3,Finally ,helping us for a better school with our results to further
our Education because right now i am a finalist of Business Management
while Mary herself is studying Pharmacy in the University aswell.

Thanks in hoping for your helpful suggestion & your kind response.

kindly send your response to this e-mail: dmpeter55@yahoo.gr

Yours Sincerely ,

Daniel & Mary

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