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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "@lawyer.com" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • ammann54@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lee margret <leemargret90@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <leemargret@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:40:07 +0100
Subject: compensation



Dear Sir/madam,

Thanks for your email that i received today from you, Before I contacted you for real estate invesments of 35 million dollars, but it do not work out for both of us , i have to contact an other person whom help me to invest the fund for the real estate business, so as a man of God i have to compensat you with 925.000.00 dollars which i gave to my lawyer before i travel to italy where i was investing the fund, so please contact my lawyer ok .Contact Person Barrister Amaru Amadi , Email: ammann54@lawyer.com

so the casher check is with him, contact him with your mailing address and your courier account number to send you the check as soon as possible.

God bless you Aman,

Lee margret
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