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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "foreign remittance manager" (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 united states 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)
  • "urgent assistance" (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.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • ben.edward20@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ben Edward <ben.edward20@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:01:09 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENT CONFIDENTIAL


FROM MR BEN EDWARD
FOREIGN REMITTANCE MANAGER.
ABU DHABI COMMERCIAL BANK (ADCB)
AL SALAM STREET P.O. BOX 939 ABU DHABI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES .
DEAR SIR,
I KNOW THAT THIS MAIL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE NEVER MET BEFORE..
 
I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF ($22.5 TWENTY TWO MILLION AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).AFTER HEARING FROM YOU I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETIALS ABOUT THE TRANSACTION IF YOUR INTERESTED REPLY ME WITH MY PRIVATE E-MAIL(ben.edward20@yahoo.co.uk
 
 
I YOUR FULL NAME ...........................
 
2 YOUR RECEIVING ADDRESS..........................
 
3 YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER...............................
 
4 YOUR PROFESSION..........................................
 
MR BEN EDWARD
BEST  REGARDS

 

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