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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:
  • "million 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: joy moses <jymoses112006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <r_joyce2001@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:32:50 +0200
Subject: From miss Joy Moses



From miss Joy Moses

How are you today? I know that my letter will meet you as a surprise. I am Joy Moses,i am 19, My mother was an African American while my father was from the french speaking colony of Cote D' Ivoire, i was living with my mother not too far from Charleston building, 601 57th Street, Charleston West Virginia USA. And i attended Charleston senior High School, 1201 Washington Street E, Charleston, WV. I lost my mother sometimes ago and after her death i came to meet my father for the very first time in Cote d' Ivoire West Africa, though he was also living in the state before he relocated back to Cote d' Ivoire to set up a business. Exactely two months and one week after i came to meet my father with the help of US consulates, he died, he was very sick when i came to meet him. But before his death there were some document he gave to me and he told me that everything he worked for in his life time is in the document when i crosscheck the document i discovered that my late father deposited $4.5 Million dollars in a bank here,Four million five hundread thousand US dollar The reason why he deposited the money was because of the political problem in the country. I am telling you this because i am just a girl and there is little or nothing i could do on my own and again if my late fathers relatives find out that my late father left this kind of money in my care i don't know what they might do to me, so i need you to help me contact the bank to transfer the money to your own bank account , and take me along with you. If you do this for me apart from the love i will also offer you 20% of the total money for helping me. Please, i request for your trust and understanding because it might sound unbeleivable but it is the truth Please get backto me as soon as posible. Sincerely Yours
Miss Joy Moses.
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