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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:
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • fastgf@representative.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3afastgf@representative.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:05:13 +0100
Subject: Attention Beneficiary,


Attention Beneficiary,

We hereby confirm the receipt of part payment of US$9,500,000.00 dollars
only, into our ESCROW vault / account with the HSBC Bank in London by order
of the Foreign Debt Recovery Committee on Overdue Contract / Lotto Award /
Inheritance payments in Africa / Overseas via the African Development Bank
(ADB), as indicated in our database.

We sincerely apologize for the delays and advice you to STOP any further
communication with any other payment centre in any part of overseas
countries, as well as your associates in any of the African countries e.g.,
South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Abidjan, Angola, Cotonou for they
contributed 100% hindrances to the release of your funds.

Kindly provide us with the below information to reconfirm your details in
our database and for our prompt payment procedures.

Beneficiary's name /
Age:------------------------------------------------------------------------

Company's name / Rank in
office:------------------------------------------------------------------

Address:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tel:--------------------------------------------------
Fax:---------------------------------------

Profession,sex and marital
status:----------------------------------------------------------------

Any kind of
identification:-----------------------------------------------------------------------


Our final fund release order will be forwarded to our operational paying
bank, the HSBC Bank in London, UK for the immediate release of your
allocation to you upon receipt and official re-confirmation of the above
Information.

For any further inquiry, please contact the undersigned officer as funds
will be retrieved to treasury after ten (10) business days of this notice.

Once again, you are strictly warned against your further communication with
your unscrupulous associates.

Yours In Service,

Mrs.Stella Hill
Foreign operations Dept.
FG Finance London, UK
Email:fastgf@representative.com <Email%3Afastgf@representative.com>

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam