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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: "Joseph Garang" <joseph2009@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: garangjoseph2009@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:59:52 +0200
Subject: From Joseph John Garang. Read Carefully.


*From Joseph John Garang. Read Carefully**.** *

*I search out your email ID this morning through internet hoping to
introduce to you a future and long term business transaction. I am the son
of late General John Garang.
My father was the former rebel leader of sudan who letter became the vice
president of Sudan before he was killed by a planned deal as plane crash
which took place on Monday, 1 August 2005 in a helicopter crash at the
mountains ranch of Imatong in a place called Himan south of Lotukei in
Eastern Equaoria.

Please click or copy out this three site to see the burial of my late
father.( **http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4735725.stm*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4735725.stm>
* ) He was buried on Saturday, 6 August 2005. ( **
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4126370.stm*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4126370.stm>
* )
( **http://english.people.com.cn/200508/07/eng20050807_200762.html*<http://english.people.com.cn/200508/07/eng20050807_200762.html>
* )

After the death of my mother the second wife of General John Garang, on the
15th December 2005, the president of Sudan placed embargo on my late
father's assets during his speach on the 2nd January 2006 which made me to
leave the country to another country.

During the time of his rebel wars, He Secretly called me on a faithful day
and told me that he has the sum of
($ 15.000.000.00 fifteen US Million Dollars) deposited in Security House,
that he used my name as the only son of his second wife for the next of kin
in deposit of the fund.
He also explained to me that i should seek for foreigner in any country of
my choice except Sudan where we will transfer this money and use it for
investment purposes.

Please i am honorably seeking your assistance to be the beneficiary of the
money because i contacted the Security House and i was told by the
Security House director that i don't have right to claim the money without
my late father's foreign beneficiary.
If it pleases you, Kindly send me your full information, so that i will
submit it to the security House and introduce you as the beneficiary of the
money. I will give you 20%. ** *
*
I will be waiting for your response.
Joseph John Garang.*

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