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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:
  • "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: "Gregory pope" <popegreggory_001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pm_pope001@myway.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:18:44 +0000
Subject: LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU

UNITED KINGDOM PARLIAMENT
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
House of Commons,
London SW1A 0AA

NOTE: THIS MESSAGE IS REACHING YOU DIRECT FROM THE
WEBMASTER OF HEAD OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM.

From the Desk of ( Gregory Pope Esq,MP ) Member,
Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee London United
Kingdom.I have contacted you to partake in a Business that
will favour the both of us.
Presently the Contract Investigation Committee
London-United Kingdom under the House of Commons has
just reached a new resolution to Pay all their Pending
Foreign Contractors this beginning of the year 2006.
So I will demand for your information to enlist you
among the unpaid contractors that will be paid this
year, Andafter your information has been alleged and
acknowledged by the board of director in charge; the
sum of £10 Million Pounds will be paid into any Bank
Account which you provide.
NOTE: For your Assistance in this Transaction; I am
willing to compensate you with 10% of the total funds
after conclusion of the Transaction.

PLEASE YOU PROVIDE YOUR FULL INFORMATION SUCH AS
STATED BELOW,

[1] NAME: __________________
[2] ADDRESS: ____________________________
[3] AGE: _________________________________
[4] SEX: ________________________________
[5] TELEPHONE: __________________________
[6] FAX: _________________________________
[7] OCCUPATION STATUS: _ _______________

Also be informed that this Transaction will take us
just 15 working days to accomplish beginning from when
I receive your details.

Best regards,
Gregory Pope Esq,MP

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