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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: "Charles David" <charles_david12@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:54:13 +0000
Subject: HELLO FRIEND

Hello Friend,

With due respect to you, I am sorry for any inconveniences or
embarrassment this letter of assistance may cause you. I am writing
following impressive information I got about you through one of my friends
who runs a consultancy firm under LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
He assured me of your capability and reliability to champion a business of
great magnitude.

I am Mr. CHARLES DAVID, the managing director of the above mentioned
company. Base on the assurance given on your behalf, my company has decided
to appoint you as our debt collector from our overseas creditors who owe
us.The creditors always send us checks for our payment but foreign checks
take longer time to clear and sometimes some of them got lost in transit and
it
becomes problem to us getting our money.We have now agreed that any debt you
collected on our behalf,15% is allowed for you as your share while the
remaining will be remitted to us
through wire transfer on the bank account information we shall give for that
purpose or via western union money transfer to any of our offshore payment
centre.

To commence on this deal, you are to send the following in your reply:

1. Your Full Name and it will appear on the check ....
2. Your current telephone Numbers to reach you ....

3. Home address and not postal address ....
4. Your company’s name if any or occupation....
5. Age ...

Note that your duty is ONLY to collect money on our behalf from our debtors
overseas. If you are interested, please reply ASAP


Yours sincerely,
CHARLES DAVID.

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