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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Nabaz Hammad" <nabazhammad14@postafiok.hu>
Reply-To: nabazhammad@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:43:21 -0700
Subject: I contact you for this...Please reply


I am contacting you to help me out in this situation I found myself.I am
Nabaz Hammad from Iraq, I presently live in london where I am studing
engineering in the university.I have been persuaded by A TERRORIST
ORGANISATION to join them and donate my money (WILL) $100,000,000 (One
Hundred Million Dollars) to support their organisation for TERRORIST
ACTIVITIES.

This (WILL) was left behind by my late father Tahmid Hammad (An Oil
dealer)with his lawyer after his dead to help me take care of myself and my
only sister Nina.I am afraid and do not want to sponsor any TERRORISM
because my mother died in a bomb blast attack last year making me have so
much Hatred on them.

I have contacted you to help me in confidence transfer the money to your
bank account in your country so that I will come over and meet with you to
continue my education under your care and to stay away from this terrorist
who want my life if I fail to respond to their request as they have sworn to
trace and kill my only sister who is in IRAQ studying.

I have stoped attending school because I am now into hiding under the roof
of a poor widower to save my life from danger because I am been monitored
before coming to this hide-out.I need you to contact the bank where the
funds is deposited on my behalf so that the bank will transfer the funds
into your bank account.There are no risk involved in this transaction
because I have notified the bank that I want the funds to me moved away from
their bank to your personal bank account in your country.Do send your
personal data for identification and trust because I do not know you in
person.I have the necessary documents to back you up upon your contact with
the bank:

(1)Your full names (2)Age and Occupation (3)International passport
page/drivers Licence (4) Telephone number. Upon the receipt of these, I will
send you the contact of the bank so that you will contact them yourself.I
will compensate and reward you good for your help and effort upon the
transfer of this funds.

Waiting to hear from you.

Nabaz Hammad.

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