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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Angela Uman" <anfonoooso@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: Ms. Angela Uman
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:23:35 +0700
Subject: 4 biz

The Director,

Dear Sir,

It is my pleasure to write this mail to you and to say thanks for your
effort in providing an opportunity to read my mail. I got your contact
when I was making some searches in the internet.

My name is Mrs. Angela Uman a Sierra leonian refugee now resident in
Bangkok Thailand. I was the wife of Mr. Umar Mohamed, one of the personal
aides to the president of the federal government of Sierra Leone that
was over thrown in a military coup de tat led by major Kromah.

And in the course of the action my husband and many other aides of the
president were killed leaving me a widow and two kids.

It is worthy to note that during my husband's life time he used his
position as a special aide to the president to amass some wealth totaling
US$7.5million.

And before his death my husband was able to send this money via a
Ghanaian diplomatic contact to China, where it is currently
secured with a security company as a FAMILY TREASURE. My name was used as
the depositor in view of my husband position as an insider in the
government.

Now , that I have passed through the mourning ordeal for my husband I
am in China thinking and planning the next step to take with respect
to how and where to invest the money. In the first place I have ruled
out every intention of investing in Thailand for obvious reasons.

So my aim of sending this mail to you is to solicit for your assistance
in transferring this money to your country where it would be invested
in a viable business for our mutual benefit. I am ready to enter into a
joint venture with your COMPANY,

Please I need your urgent reply

Ms. Angela Uman

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