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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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • aadonald3@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <donalanderson3@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:56:57 +0000
Subject: HELLO



Good Day,
Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your
business or personal ethics. I will first introduce myself as Mr.
Donald Anderson, the manager of Auditing and Accounting department in
one of the prime banks here in africa . In my department, One of our
accounts, with holding balance of $66,000.000.00 (Sixty Six million
dollars ) has been dormant and last operated four years ago. From my
investigations and confirmation, the owner of thesaid account, a foreigner by name Mr. Phillip Moore died on the 4th of
January 1993in a plane crash ; since then, nobody has done anything as
regards the claiming of this money, as he has no family member that
has any knowledge as to the existence of either the account or the
funds;
1 have decided to look for a reliable foreign partner to deal with
,who i will claim the money with , standing in as the next of kin of
these funds from the deceased.At the conclusion of this business,you
will be given 35% of the total amount,60% will be for me, while 5%
will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the
process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply thiS e-mail or
aadonald3@yahoo.com This transaction istotally free of risk and troubles as the fund is legitimate . Onyour interest, let me hear from you. Warm Regards,
Donald Anderson

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