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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)
  • ",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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "my direct telephone number" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
  • "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • ddmorgan6@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3addmorgan6@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "ddmorgan2 Gazeta.pl" <ddmorgan2@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:16:09 +0100
Subject: ACCOUNT PROVISION FOR US$45 MILLION ONLY


Attn: Sir.

ACCOUNT PROVISION FOR US$45 MILLION ONLY

My name is Mr. David Morgan, chairman ECOWAS contractor's debt

reconciliation/appraisal boards I am contacting you to inquire

from you if you can
assist me safeguard funds amounting toUS$45,000,000.00 (Forty

Five million United States dollars) only ,left by our late

foreign contractor whose provided address could not be traced

since he died along with his family members. You will
be presented as the next of kin to the deceased to enable our

organization transfer the money to you.
At the end of the transaction, you will be compensated with 30%

of the total money. This transaction is 100% risk free but

should be kept secret and confidential due to my position in

ECOWAS.
I will give you more details about this transaction when I

receive your affirmative response at this my secured email

address:ddmorgan6@yahoo.com <address%3Addmorgan6@yahoo.com>, you can call me
on my direct

telephone numbers +233-243-465-702 for more updates.
Note: due to my position now, I have the deceased contract file

with me incase of any question from our organization when the

deal started and also the process to put claim on the funds as

the next of kin will be legally processed to avoid any breach

of law of our countries.
Thanks for your understanding and do not forget to update me

with your
telephone numbers for easy communications and more

confidentiality
looking forward to your urgent response and advice

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. David Morgan

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