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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (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: paul bb <pabf46@msn.com>
Reply-To: <bankerpaul@voila.fr>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 13:24:57 +0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF: MR BANKER PAUL,






FROM THE DESK OF: MR BANKER PAUL,
Dear Friend,
This message might meet you in utmost surprise; however, it’s just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I am a banker by profession from Burkina Faso in West Africa and currently holding the post of Manager Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank. I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds ($30.million) of one of my bank clients who died along with his entire family on 31 July 2003 in a plane crash. hence; I am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 60/30 while 10% will be mapped out for expenses. If you agree to my business proposal. Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail. Please contact me with this email address ( ) your information’s
1. Your name...................
2. Your phone..................
3. Age.........................
4. Sex.........................
5.Profession...................
6. Address.....................
THANKS.
MR BANKER PAUL

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