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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:
  • ",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)
• 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: <drpiussarpong@ubbi.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:08:50 +0000
Subject: From Dr.Pius Sarpong



From Dr.Pius Sarpong International Commercial(ICB)Bank. Ring road Accra Ghana.Attn: I am enchanted using this tremendous opportunity to converse with you in this medium of communication. I am Dr.Pius Sarpong, Finance Director of International commercial bank Plc Ghana. I am contacting you for a possible business transfer worth $18,500,000.00 I am using this moment to give you the cognizance and also to seek your assistance to this business proposal. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of ($18.5Million) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Mr.Bob Williams,who died along with his entire family in Alaska Plane crash on February 1st 2000. View this website for verification http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/. Do not view this as being illegal but an opportunity for us to enrich our hope in life instead of the bank converting this much money to the security funds. You should not nurse any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the smooth transfer of these funds into your account,and your acceptance is what will crown this effort. It will be my interest to finish this transaction with you hoping that you will not cheat or blackmail me at the conclusion of this goal because I have planned it for long.If you can be a collaborator to this transaction, please indicate your positive interest immediately for us to proceed. Remember this is absolutely confidential because my Bank does not know about it. To establish this you have to send the following information to me
FULL NAMES:________________________ ADDRESS: _________________________ STATE:_____________________ COUNTRY________________________________ AGE:_________________ OCCUPATION:________________________ MOBILE PHONE:_____________________________ TELEFAX NUMBER:_____________________ Thank you for your time and attention.Thanks and God bless You,Dr.Pius Sarpong.

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