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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:
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "vnenita17 Gazeta.pl" <vnenita17@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: vnenita01@voila.fr
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:29:11 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP.


I NEED YOUR HELP.

Hello,

I am Mrs Villaran Nenita a citizen of philippine,widow and legitimate heir
to the late former Minister of finance who was assassinated for been working
with the ex-president Joseph Estrada in philippine. I inherited a total sum
of 10.5million USA Dollars from my late husband, The presure from my decease
husband's family for this money has compelled me to leave Manila and have
the money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box deposited with a
security and finance company under a secret arrangement as a family
treasure.

This means that the security company does not know the content of this box
that was shipped from the Philippine under a diplomatic coverage. My purpose
of asking for your assistance boil down to the fact that I don't want my
late husband's family to be aware of the amount involve. and the deposit
information of the box authorized the company to make this box avaliable for
shipment on request only to my foreign bussiness representative, though
unname. Hence I want you to contact the security company as my bussiness
partner to enable the company release the consigment to you diplomatically,
while I join you on the arrival of the box.

I have recently paid all demurrage ,storage charges and the shipment fee,
all you need to do is to help me contact the security company and introduce
yourself as my bussiness foreign partner ,requesting the shipment of the
box. And as soon as Diplomatic shipping agent approved the shipment and tell
you the arrival date of the box, then I will join you to give you 40% of the
money instantly before I go on with the proposed of investment in your
country. Please if you are interested and willing to represent me as my
bussiness foreign partner kindly write me as soon as possible.


Please you can contact me with this email/ vnenita01@voila.fr


I await your urgent response.

Best Regards,

Mrs. Villaran Nenita.

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