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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "barrister" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "MARK A DAUDA" <dauda_chambers@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:29:51 +0000
Subject: $500,000 = DONATION SUM TO YOUR ORGANIZATION

ATTENTION;
I AM BARRISTER MARK ANTHONY DAUDA ( ESQ ), OF
NYEM-EGOM CHAMBERS ACCRA GHANA, WEST AFRICA .
COTE D`IVOIRE AND GHANA RESPECTIVELY. I AM THE
ATTORNEY TO ONE MRS.THERESA LIDE BUGU, OF THE
NATIONALITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF COTE D`IVOIRE WHOSE
FAMILY WAS MASSACRED BY THE REBEL FORCES ON THE 19TH
OF SEPTEMBER 2004.

AS THE UNDER WRITTERS AND EXECUTORS OF HER (WILL),I
AND THE ABOVE CHAMBERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE POWER OF
ATTORNEY TO SETTLE HER ESTATE TO THE BENEFICIARIES
IN HER (WILL)BECAUSE SHE DIED FROM THE SHOCK AND
TRAUMA OF LOOSING HER BELOVED ONES IN THE TRAGEDIC
EVENT.

HOWEVER,WE ARE HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT MRS.THERESA
LIDE BUGU, UNTIL HER DEATH WAS A VERY DEVOTED
CHRISTIAN WHOSE HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS WAS EXAMPLARY
IN THE AREAS OF HELPING THE POOR AND THE NEEDY,HENCE
SHE SINGULARLY BUILT ST.THERESA MOTHERLESS BABIES
HOME AND A PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL.

IN LINE WITH THESE, HER NOBLE OBJECTIVES ,SHE HAS
DEMONSTRATED FURTHER HER MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS BY
MAKING A FREE WILL DONATION TO YOU IN HER LAST WILL .

AS THE BENEFICIARY OF HER BENEVOLENCE,SHE WILLED TO
YOUR ORGANISATION THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS(USD500,000.00)TO ASSIST YOU
CONTINUE YOUR HUMANITARIAN WORKS.

AS HER ATTORNEYS,WE ARE GIVEN TWO WEEKS ONLY TO
NOTIFY AND RELEASE YOUR FUND.


FOR MODALITIES OF RECEIVING YOUR FUND PLEASE CONTACT
ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,AWAITING YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

THERE IS NO RISK AT ALL, AS ALL THE PAPER-WORK FOR
THE TRANSACTION WOULD BE LEGALLY OBTAINED FROM THE
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND MINISTRY OF FINANCE .

MORESO .MY POSITION AS THE ATTORNEY,GUARRANTEES THE
SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF THIS TRANSACTION .

RESPECTFULLY YOURS ,
MARK ANTHONY DAUDA (ESQ).
LLB, ( HONS ) LOND BL.,
BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATE .
NOTARIES TRADE AGENTS.
TEL : 00233 244 270857 . FAX : 00233 27 522198.

Call Me upon receipt of this mail

Anti-fraud resources:

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