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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 united state 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: francis kwame <francis_kwame1120@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:02:51 +0000
Subject: please get back to me


Good day and How is every things with you over there ,hope God is in control ,I am Francis Kwame fromGhana, west Africa and I'm 26 years old .
Please I want to ask if you can assist to get some ofmy father's funds in the bank here, I mean hedeposited it before his dead,the contents is fifty kgof gold and five million united state dollars(US$5,000,000 )and he used my name at the next of kin, I have all the documents concern of the deposit ofthe funds with me now, our lawyer told me to look fora foreigner to assists to get this funds out from thebank here to oversea.
So if you can please just get back to me for moreinformation with this telephone number please 00233208263579 , Thanks .Best regards ,
Francis Kwame
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