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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united state dollars" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: "Foundation De France"<infofdf00@fdf.org>
Reply-To: <fdf_secretaryleroy001@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:21:45 -0700
Subject: CONTACT THE SECRETARY FOR MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR CLAIMS.

The Foundation De France (FDF) would like to notify you That you have been chosen by the board
of trustees as one of the final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation for your own personal,educational,
and business development purpose.The Foundation De France,established in 1977 by the Multi-Million
groups and now supported by the African Union (AU),United Nations Organization (UNO) and the
European Union (EU) was conceived with the objectives of human growth,educational and community
development. In conjunction with the AU,UNO and the EU, We are giving out a yearly donation of $1,000,000.00
(One Million United State Dollars) each to 50 lucky recipients.

These specific Donations/Grants would be awarded to 50 lucky international recipients worldwide in
different categories. Based on the random selection exercise of Internet websites and millions
of supermarket cash invoices worldwide, Your Email Address was selected amongst the lucky recipients
to receive the award sum of $1,000,000.00 (One Million United State Dollars) as charity donation/aid.

CONTACT THE SECRETARY FOR MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR CLAIMS,
Please Endeavor to quote your Qualification numbers (FDF-444-6647-9163) in all discussions.

Executive Secretary: Mr.Bernard Leroy
Email: fdf_secretaryleroy001@yahoo.cn

You would be required to provide the Executive Secretary the
following informations below:

1 FULL NAMES,2 COUNTRY,3 ADDRESS,4 PHONE NUMBER,5 DATE OF BIRTH,6 SEX,7 OCCUPATION

Foundation De France (FDF).

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