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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:
  • "my direct telephone number" (i.e. "call me on my cellphone at the Internet cafe where we scammers hang out")
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: emmanuel osei <emma55e01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:48:33 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Reply Urgently.


Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

It is my pleasure to receive your mail.
I am sorry for what happened to you with some bad elements in the society and I hope you will forget the bad experience and let us move forward.
I am assuring you that this project will benefit both of us only if you can abide to my instructions
Of course you can trust me as much as I can also trust you.
To set the stone rolling I need your full name, address and country.
I will use the above information to program in the deposit slip as the original depositor of the money in our bank through our data base computer system.
If this is done you will automatically became the beneficiary of the money in our bank and I will send you an application letter, which you will send to our bank head office for the transfer to commence.
I also need your private telephone number so that I can talk with you and my direct telephone number is +233-24-3067576
As soon as I receive the above information I will start work.
Kindly reply me through this mailbox only for security reasons.
Thanks for your cooperation,
Best Regards.
Emma

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