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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "transferred into your bank account" (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)
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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)
  • "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: First linda Micheal <firstlindamicheal@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 02:52:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: waiting to hear from you.


The Chief Auditor/Information manager,
In-Charge of Foreign Unit
International Commercial Bank.(ICB),
Accra, Ghana.
 
Attention; Sir,
 
I am Mrs linda michael. The Chief Auditor/Information Manager, In-Charge of Foreign Unit of our bank and I have had the intent to contact you over this financial transaction/transfer worth the sum of Thirty Two Million Two Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars. (US$32.2M) for our progress and richness. This is an abandoned sum that belongs to our late foreign customer who was a victim of (Beirut Bound Charter) Jet Plane crash happened on the 26th December 2003 in Cotonou (Republic of Benin), and he died along with his wife.
 
this C.N.N News internet website below,(http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html)
 
I was opportune to see the deceased deposit file bearing this huge amount of money when I was inspecting the dated and current customer¢s files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official validation / re-documentation against the statement approval to the account holders for the year. In a swift investigation carried out by me, I found out that none of the deceased relative is aware of the abandoned fund except his late wife.
 
As a result of that It is an extremely confidential matter between me and you. Hence you are a foreigner to our country, you are authorized by our Banking law to apply and claim the fund into your account as the NEXT-OF-KIN to the deceased. For assisting me to get this fund transferred into your bank account, the ratio of 30% of the total sum is for your share whereas 60% is for me as business pioneer, and the remaining 10% will mapped out for the expenses we made during the transaction.
 
Please I need your urgent response on assurance of trust that you will not deny my right of the share once the fund gets into your account because I am a poor civil servant who depend on little monthly salary. What I mean is that you are the one who will help me to get visa to your country immediately I resign from my work on the instant of the transfer into your account.
If you are really sure of your integrity, trustworthy, and confidentiality, reply urgently and to prove that, include your particulars as follows.
 
1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Contact Cell Phone Number
3. your full contact address
4. Your Country of origin and City:
5. Your Occupations:
6. Your Sex, and Age:
 
Kindly call me for more clarifications about this transaction
In sincerity.
God bless you.
Mrs linda michael

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