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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:
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "LAND JUDE" <ltcoljude2000@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:05:29 -0700
Subject: URGENT


ATTENT:


Dear Sir,



I got your contact in search for a foreign partner to assist us in
organizing an industry, which we had made an arrangement that your help into
the transaction will enable you become one of the managing director of the
industry in any part of the world.

Let me also introduce myself,I am Col. Jude U. Land of Second Infantry Div.
Unit (S.I.D.U.) Abul Uruj Baghdad, Iraq.
This mail will definitely come to you as a surprise, I have in my position
contact which will be of good benefit of us all.i only needed your
co-operation to see our plans work out,please listing, huge amount of US
dollars in cash was recovered in one of our operations we did, and needed to
invest it to someone who can be capable to handle it as we which. Please
bear with me; I wish to solicit your assistance to handle this urgent and
confidential business which involves millions of United States Dollars in
cash deposited in a security vault in a country, Which i will be disclose to
you, if acepted, with my position i asure you free and fare transaction, as
the officer in charge. in good arrangement we can do it. i can not mention
the amount involved until i receive your reply.


Thanks and Regards
Col. Jude U. Land

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