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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: ange_dou208@yahoo.cn
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:55:30 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings,

Greetings,

I am Ms Ange Douglas, 23 years old from French Inland. I decided to contact you for assistance as I think that you have the capabilities in rendering assistance in this transaction.

I wish to request for your assistance in a financial transaction, I wish to invest in ($3.500, 000 United States Dollars) in your country but require your assistance in receiving the funds from the security company in Canada to your country as my beneficiary.

The funds is deposited in a security company in Canada and will like you to help make claims with the documents I have here and transfer it into your country for investment purposes.

I will be waiting patiently for your email and would give you more details on how I acquired the funds as soon as I get a positive response from you to my private email address .

Goodbye,

Miss Ange Douglas.




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