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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (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: DR OMAR BIN SULAIMAN <binsulaiman10@msn.com>
Reply-To: <difc_loan_investment@live.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:46:32 +0000
Subject: DUBAI LOAN INVESTMENT.




From: Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman
Chairman/Director (DIFC)
Dubai International Financial Center
ATTN:

I wish to invite you to participate as broker/agent to DIFC individualized equity investment portfolio management programme.

Dubai
International Finance Centre (DIFC) is the largest Finance Centre in
the Middle East. With over £5 trillion private and corporate investment
portfolios. We are privately looking for fiduciary agents and
management experts who will be willing to act as investment portfolio
holders and administrators. We currently have a back-log of an Excess
Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) of an average of 1.2% on each
private investment and corporate portfolio under our administration and
control.

And
we wish to re-invest this fund by putting it into the management of
private businessmen and corporations with good business ideas that can
generate at least 10% ROI per annum over maximum of 5 years duration.
The fund will be disbursed based on a clear loan of 4.5% interest rate
per annum for 5 years renewable tenure of a sum totaling
$500,000,000.00 American Dollars.

All sign-up contracts, briefings and investment portfolio management files will be handled in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

For further details please contact me directly for more information.

Regards,

From: Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman
Chairman/Director (DIFC)
Dubai International Financial Center.
Private E-mail: difc_loan_investment@live.com
Website: www.difc.ae
The Gate, Level 14
P.O. Box
74777, Dubai, UAE

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam