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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 states 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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Emmanuel Owusu <emmanowusu01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: emmanowu@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:21:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME ASAP


Greetings,

I am Mr. Emmanuel Owusu, the auditor general of a bank in Ghana. There Is an account opened in my bank in 2000 and since 2003 nobody has operated on this account again. My investigation proved to me that the owner of this account is DR. GEORGE W. BRUMLEY, He died since 2003 and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it.

The amount in the account is $6m ( Six Million United States Dollars).
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine. Upon receipt of your reply, I will give you more details on this transaction.

Sincerely Yours,
Emmanuel Owusu


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