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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Michael <mrsimon_michael@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrmichael@rocketmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:46:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam,



Dear Sir/Madam,
After reading about you on the internet,I found it interesting and
decided to contact you for a business transaction.Be so kind to contact me =
at your earliest convenient for a possible business deal involving money tr=
ansfer of about $52.Million USD=A0 I am presently in South Africa I work as=
the operational manager in account
management section in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the
prime banks here in South Africa.
=A0
As at this moment,I am constrained toissue more details about this
business until your response is received.If you are not familiar with
the above information, please take a moment of your very busy
schedules to read about it on the internet and send your response to
my email address.
=A0
This deal is worth taking and highly profitable.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Warmest regards,
Mr.Robert Michael.
=0A=0A=0A

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