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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:
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Abdul Shukor Bin Mohd Yusof" <TSMsupervisor@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Abdul Shukor Bin Mohd Yusof" <abdulshukor.mohdyusof@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:36:16 +0100
Subject: How are you today

Hello and goodday , 

 

I am Mr. Abdul Shukor Bin Mohd Yusof, a Malaysian national . 

 

I know that this mail might come to you as a surprise since we do not know each other inn the past but accept it as 

 

act of destiny. This proposal is not like scam mails that is being sent in the internet by Africans.

 

My reason for contacting you is to assist me and also partake a time opportunity that presented itself 

 

right now. Please do not delay in responding to this mail because time is of utmost importance to our success.

 

Yours faithfully,  

Abdul Shukor Bin Mohd Yusof. 

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam