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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:
  • "million 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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: CATHOLIC CHARITY FOUNDATION <admissions@desu.edu>
Reply-To: "Hon. Richard Bates" <catholiccharity_grant@live.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:30:36 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: FROM THE CASH GRANT PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT


FROM THE CASH GRANT PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT
CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION
CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE, ROME.

You are lucky to have been selected among the 3 benefactor
of $2.5 million dollars to be awarded each by The Catholic Charities of the
ARCHDIOCESE in Rome.
For further inquiry,
In order to claim your grant,
contact the Cash Grant Program Coordinator secretary
Honourable Richard Bates
Secretary and Treasurer (Cash Grant Programme Co-ordinator)
Email:catholiccharity_grant@live.com
CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOUNDATION VERIFICATION/FUNDS RELEASE
FORM
Full Names:
Contact Address:
Nationality:
Occupation:
Sex:
Age:
Land Telephone No. (If Any):
Mobile Telephone No.:
Email Address:
Marital Status:
Employer (If Any):

Best regards,
John C.Gerspach,
(Assistant Secretary).
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Confidential: This email and any file transmitted with
it are confidential and are intended solely for the use
of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.

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