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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:
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • muha_ab32@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD." <muha_ab31@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: muha_ab32@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 04:49:19 +0000
Subject: AssalamuAlaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh,

Assalaamu'alaikum.

Greetings! I am Brother Muhammad Abdullah Sierra Leonian seeking asylum in Dakar-Senegal. I saw your contact email while browsing through the internet so I decided to contact you hoping you can be trusted to handle this matter and not betray me like Mr. Roberto Del Piero of Italy who ran away with my late father's US$8.8Million when the funds was transferred to his account and changed his location and phone number.

Till this moment I have not been able to locate him. Please i contact you in good faith and clean heart so i want you to let me trust you to be able to handle this deal for me and on my behalf. I have an inherited US$25,000,000.00 plus 150 Kilos of Alluvial Gold Dust deposited with a reputable bank in Dakar-Senegal by my late father and I need your assistance to claim it from the bank in Dakar-Senegal and have it transferred to your bank account in your country.

I will offer you 30% of the total amount and 5 kilos of the gold and also come over to your country to invest the balance of everything in your country or any part of the world based on your professional advise and also kindly furnish me with the following details.

1. Your Full Name.......................................
2.Nationality..............................................
3. Your Age ........................................
4. Your Sex......................................
5. Marital Status..................................
6.Your Occupation..............................
7.Your Home And Office Address................
8.Your Telephone And Fax Number.......................
9.A Scan Copy Of Your International Passport Or Driving License..........
10. Bank Account Details.............................................................

Finally reach me faster direct on my alternate email address for security reason, Email muha_ab32@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks and remain blessed,
Abdullah Muhammad.

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam