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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "mark james" <markjames654@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:06:31 +0000
Subject: Good Day

Good Day.,

With all sincerity of purpose, i am contacting you for this transaction
after having research myself on the calibre and maturity of the type of
partner i should have for this operation, believeing that you will give it
the attentions it deserves hoping that at the end of the day both parties
will benefit I am Dr.Mark James , the Head of Delegation to the

World Bank in South Africa. I am the linkman between the Organization For
Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC and the petroleum sector in a North
African country. I also attend OPEC meetings constantl in Geneva on the
auspices of World Bank. Through the sale of our allocated oil quota in OPEC
during the infamous? US-Iraqi War of 2003, I was able to make
US$25.2million, which is currently deposited in a Security company in
Europe. I want you to assist me to claim this money as I cannot claim it
directly because I am still a civil servant, and the code of conduct bureau
in my country forbids me to acquire suchamount of money.

It is on this basis that I am contacting you for assistance, if you will be
interested,claim documents have been processed and will be sent to You. The
documents with which the fund is deposited will be changed to your name to
reflect you as the new beneficiary so that you will be eligible to collect
the fund on my behalf. I am aware of the international monitoring of all
large-scale financial movements particarly after the September 11th 2001
terrorisattack on America and to avoid any state of financial investigation
I will provide classified clearance papers from the relevant body, which
will exonerate the money from drug, money laundered or terrorist related
proceeds.

Kindly respond to my proposal through this myprivateEmail: for security
reasons on the receipt of your mail indicating interest. I am xpecting your
response.
Best regards,
Dr.MarkJames

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