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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "trunk box" (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 of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: susan ronald <susan33ph@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <susan.ronald_ph@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:40:09 +0100
Subject: Mrs Susan Ronald From Philippines Very Urgent,





Mrs Susan Ronald From Philippines Very Urgent,

Dearest One,
My name is Mrs.Susan Ronald,the wife of late Mr.Nicole
Ronald,a former Minister during president Joseph Estrada regime in
Philippines.who is recently killed in philippine,.during my husband's regime as
a Minister ,he realized some reasonable amount of money from various deals that
he successfully executed, and he have many businesses in the united state of
america ,but now the Government has seized all his banks accounts and properties
in phlilippines and in america including my own as his wife ,making me and my
child to leave with nothing,well before my late husband was killed,my husband
secretly deposited a trunk box containing the sum of ( $12,000,000) Twelve
Million USD with a security company abroad during the reign of president Joseph
Estrada government were he serve as a Minister , which nobody or the government
, did not no about it ,expect me as his wife

I found your name through
the internet , and i believe God will use you to bring out this money out of the
security company abroad that is why i am contacting you as a God fearing someone
who will not seize the money when you claim it out of the security company, What
I would want you to do is to assits me to get the consignments withdrawn from
the security company, i will give you 20% of the total money for your
assistance.There is no risk in this transaction. I will use the remaining
balance of the money for an investiment in your country for the future of my
child.
Bear in mind that this transaction remains confindential to yourself
alone

Please get back to me for more information .

Thankyou, and God bless .
Best regards Mrs Susan Ronald.
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