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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "huge amount of money" (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: "MUSA YASSER" <Musa@msn.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: musa2yasser@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 20:08:04 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPOND IS NEEDED !!!

Dear sir/Madam.
I am Mr. Musa Yasser , I am working in Economic
Development and Foreign contract payment Operations
Department, in the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI).

My aim and objective of sending this mail is to seek for your complyment and kindness to
assist me by allowing a fast transfer of some huge amount of money into your
account.
it will interest you to know how this huge sum amount of funds
came about.About two days before the United State and
British, bombing began, Saddam Hussein, ordered his
youngest son, Qusay, to remove the sum of US$1.billion
(£640 million) from the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) The
cash which was loaded on to three lorries.

That memorable day Qusay and a senior aide to the
former president Saddam Hussein delivered the
instruction in person to the bank's governor of the
Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). And the money was removed
without proper official documentations resarch. The money was
not debited. It was just remove from the foreign
reserve vault. This illegal withdrawer created
opportunity for our staffs working in the foreign
payments department servise to hastingly remove from the
vault the sum of US$75.million, which we shared among
ourselves working in the department, five in number.
My share was US$15.million,the deal was
absolutely successfully don.

Then,after the fall of Saddam,a Finance Company based
in Jordan assisted me to move the fund as a Bond
Deposit into Bank in ADB SENEGAL .Due to recent problem in our
Apex Bank,i decided to leave and i am under cover in
SENEGAL -AFRICA

What I needed now is your "TRUST" HONESTY and
DEDICATION"and i know that with true information of a bank account and your true identity,including fax and phon number we ensure a succesfull transfar of the money from u.k bank, to your account if wishes.
I will also
front you in any kind of investment that we might
decide to enter later.

As a matter of fact,if i am convinced and with your
declaration of interest in this deal,then,i will tell
you the procedures to follow.For security of this
transaction,i do hereby imploye you to treat and
maintain it with absolute confident.

Please,if you are not bless to assist,kindly destroy
this letter for the sake of Humanity.

Looking forward to your urgent response.
Best Regard
Mr. Musa Yasser

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