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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:
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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: "Mathew Wright"<ojimarekwe@myway.com>
Reply-To: mathew_fidelity10@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:25:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From: Standard Life Investment International.




From: Standard Life Investment International.#1 George Street, EH2 2LL,London, United Kingdom.www.slinternational.ieRE: MY REQUEST FOR PARTNERSHIPI have a business preposition that made me contact you. I am Mr. Mathew Wright. I presently work as the Chief Auditor, Standard Life Investment International, London. I found your profile very interesting and I decided to contact you directly to solicit your guidelines and ideas in making a business investment in your country.Nevertheless, as The Chief Auditor, of the corporation, I handle all Investor's Direct Capital Investment Funds with the firm, I have made the sum of £25.550Million GBP (Twenty Five Million Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds Sterling), and I wish to transfer these funds into your country within the Next few days. I am hereby soliciting for your assistance and trust as my partner to stand as an Investor that I will make you, in other to receive this payment as your Annual Investment Proceeds from
Standard Life Investment International Marginal Capital Return Profit Fund. (SLIIMCRPF). From my personal discreet investigations I have made over these funds, there is no risk involved with the transaction. All confirmable documents and papers works to back up the claim in your name genuinely as the rightful beneficiary to receive this payments into your country, will be made ready and send to you prior to your acceptance to this proposal.Meanwhile, I have carefully worked out the modalities and technicalities whereby the funds will be transferred into your country safely without any hitches on the final close of the deal. Please take out a moment of your very busy schedules today and reply back to me if you are interested; please send me your response to this proposal and include your direct mobile telephone numbers in your email reply immediately for an initial confidential communication between us, to enable me provide you with further details. I wish for your utmost
confidentiality with me in handling this transaction successfully.Awaiting your urgent email reply soon, for us to get started.Best Regards,Mr. Mathew WrightChief Auditor.For: Standard Life Investment International.

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