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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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (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.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27835254270 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "christian edward" <ed_c04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: c_edward@o2.pl
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 01:35:44 +0200
Subject: Assistance

Greetings,
Dear Sir/Madam,

Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise since it is coming
from someone whom you don’t know or ever seen before, but I would advice
that you should consider it as a request from a family in dare need
assistance from you.

My name is Mr. Christian Edward A citizen of Zimbabwe but now I am currently
living with my mother here in South Africa as (REFUGEE) asylum seeker. Your
contact information came to me from your country's trade journal during my
search for a reliable and God-fearing person that can assist me, and my
mother and I quite believe on my own that you can be of great help in this
regard.

I inherited the sum of $12(TWELVE MILLION US DOLLAR`S) from my late father,
which he deposited in a private security company here in South Africa. This
money was deposited in a metal box as personal valuables for a foreigner to
avoid much dumurrage and I found your interesting during my search as a
partner whom l can trust to help me transfer this money out of South Africa
with out letting me down, I am living as a refugee, l cannot transfer this
money by myself, if you can assist us, please kindly contact me on my
alternative e-mail address E- mail: (c_edward@o2.pl) or Mobile: +27-83-
525-4270.

l and my mother are willing to give you some percentage for your assistance,
As a refugee here l cannot do any kind of bank activate, but l have a banker
who will guard us on how to transfer this money, he advised me to get an
foreign partner to help since l cannot do it by myself.

Do not be surprise to receive this kind of e-mail because it come with good
intention I will tell you more about this transaction when l hear from you’
please l want you to be honest and open to me do not let me down. I am
waiting for your urgent response.

Regards

From Mr.C.Edward.
E-mail: c_edward@o2.pl
Mobile+: 27 -83 -525 -4270

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