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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:
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Dioup Al.Morare <al.morare_dioup015@msn.com>
Reply-To: <dioup.al_m@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:48:42 +0000
Subject: Attention please,




Attention please,

How are you doing together with your entire family, I hope all is well? I am contacting you for a confidential business proposal and please carefully read and understand my reason of contacting you through email. My Name is Mr.Dioup.Al Morare. Working with Foreign Remittance Unit African Development Bank (ADB).

Here. I am contacting you because of an abandoned fund which was deposited by a late customer of this bank called Mr. Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri.

My stand to contact you now is that, a foreign has the legal right to put claim to such deposit followed by you will proof your claim with the bank. Therefore, I want you to apply as his business partner.

And all the information and data's you will need to make successful claim of this fund in the bank here are fully ready with me here.

Note Well: Please urgently confirm your willingness and interest to assist me by filling and sending back to me the needed information below. 1. Your full name; 2. Your phone Telephone and fax numbers ; 3. Your age; 4. Your sex; 5. Your occupation; 6. Your country and city.


Thanks and best regards.
This is my telephone number. ( 00226 71359636 )
MR. Dioup.Al Morare M.sc (ECONS)

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