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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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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: ArkadyevichAbramovich1@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:17:03 +0530 (IST)
Subject: INVESTMENT LETTER REPLY ME BACK


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: arkadyevichabramovich213@yahoo.in



- Greetings, I sincerely hope that this letter will not come to you as a surprise or an embarrassment since we neither knew each other before nor had any neither previous correspondence nor contact. Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics although, I wish to use this medium to get in touch with you first because it's fastest means. I believe it will be a surprise to you as we have never met before, and I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbed your privacy. Please forgive this unusual manner of contacting you. Let me start by introducing myself. My name is MR Arkadyevich Abramovich a Crude Oil merchant in Rsia, i have a profiling amount in an excess of $55 Million Dollars in a financial institution in Europe, and can you be my partner on this? I did not know you in person or even have seen you before but due to the true revelation that I should share this lucrative opportunity with you,I have no choose other than to contact you.

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