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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found 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: "Mr Harvey Domenic" <info@harvey.org>
Reply-To: harveydomenic@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:03:42 +0100
Subject: Business Proposal !!


El programa de detecci=F3n de Spam del sistema "dns1.ciberweb.com.mx", ha
identificado este mensaje como "correo basura". A=F9n as=ED, el
mensaje original no se ha borrado para su chequeo, si lo
era, podr=EDa bloquearlo en su programa de correo (cree un "filtro"
a partir de la etiqueta "X-Spam-Score"). Si tiene alguna duda,
contacte con el administrador para m=E1s detalles.

Contenido: Dear Friend I am Mr Harvey Domenic,Staff of Standard
Life trust Bank Limited. I have a business proposal that has to do with
the transfer of funds and I cannot state the exact amounts and full
details due to security reasons.I must let you know that this venture
entails some rules bending but I must also state that it is not the type
that gets one into trouble as it is extremely secure. It will be of
immense benefit to the both of us. If you want to do business kindly
reply me so I will give you precise details. Please ensure strict
confidentiality on this mail as the nature of this transaction requires
strict confidentiality. [...]=20

Detalles del an=E1lisis: (7.8 puntos, 5.0 requeridos)

pts regla aplicada descripci=F3n
---- ---------------------- ---------------------------------------
1.0 UNDISC_RECIPS Valid-looking To "undisclosed-recipients"
2.9 MSGID_MULTIPLE_AT Message-ID contains multiple '@' characters
-1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP
0.8 DEAR_FRIEND BODY: Dear Friend? That's not very dear!
2.9 ADVANCE_FEE_3 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
0.0 ADVANCE_FEE_1 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)
1.6 ADVANCE_FEE_2 Appears to be advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam