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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",000,000" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Weislaw George C." <infogeorge@mailbox.hu>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 04:10:29 +0800
Subject: Re: Chevron Oil Corporation


From The Desk Of George C. Weislaw
Contractor , Chevron Oil Corporation
London , UK.
Email:infodirector@vip.sohu.com <Email%3Ainfodirector@vip.sohu.com>

My Dear Friend,

I'm Writing you based on the solid information I gathered about you from UK
email database.
Please don't be surprised that I 'm writing you. Because your email and
contacts are in the database mentioned above, perhaps my reason
for contacting you is this:
My Name is George C. Weislaw and I 'm a Contractor to Chevron Oil UK Ltd.
, a multi national corporation
operating in London UK. Am seeking your assistance to transfer the sum of
Thirty Two million Great Britian Pounds
Dollars(GBP:32,000,000) into an overseas account , maybe in your country or
any other country you deem fit
and suitable.

This Money was realized in the just completed contract awarded to our
company by the English Government
here in England. I want to secretly move this money out of England for my
private investment in Real Estate.
My Reason for this is not far fetched , as I 'm a victim of Racism and
segregation in the company I
have been working selflessly for the past 7 years. I have been cheated out
of my entitlements for so long
simply because I 'm not an indigene.

Am promising to give you 30% share of this money while 60% will be mine,
10% will be for any kind of expenses you might
incur during the cause of the transaction.
Please I need your urgent response to this mail before my plans to leave
London is discovered .
For now the safest means of correspondence is via my private email: (
infodirector@vip.sohu.com)
this is because I wouldn't want our discussion to be tapped by anyone, you
can me with number above.

Send me Your Full Names/Address and Telephone.
Upon the receipt of your reply, I would send you more details about the
transaction.

Best Regards,
George C. Weislaw
Chevron Oil Corporation,
London, England

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