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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Campbell Gordon" <gor0032@msn.com>
Reply-To: <cgordon3@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 05:10:56 +0000
Subject: The Reason For Contacting You




Hello,



Please do accept this emergency.I got your contact from a pay directory.



It's a pleasure to introduce myself as Mr. Gordon Campbell, the Private Client Senior Manager of Birmingham office, Brown Shipley Bank London, England. The essence of this email is to seek your approval for a proposal that will give us a great opportunity of being in possession of an unclaimed sum of $12.5M (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States of America Dollars), an investment deposit that belongs to our late foreign Customer who unfortunately died with the entire Family in the plane crash of Alaska Airline Flight 261 on 31st January 2000.



The reason for contacting you is because of your geographical location. Since our Bank has not seen any of the relatives for years now,I therefore wish to use my office to seek your consent as the beneficiary to this fund. I will provide you with all the necessary information and documents to legally back up the claim, so that this $12.5M (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States of America Dollars), will be transferred to your nominated account. But, you will guarantee me of Honesty, Trust and Confidentiality to enable a perfect execution of this transaction within 5 (Five) workings days of your acceptance to this offer.The full information about the proceedings shall be detailed afterwards.



Note: We shall have a legal back up that will protect our sharing rights of 60% for me and 40% for you after the transaction.



Please provide your Full names, Contact Address and Mobile/Phone Number.



I await your urgent response.



Kind regards,



Mr. Campbell

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