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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "million 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • daisy_edws@yahoo.com.sg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Daisy Edwards" <daisy_edws@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 19:37:38 +0000
Subject: HELLO

Dear,

I know you must be very surprised to be reading from me,considering the fact
that you dont know the identity of the person writing you,but be rest
assured that i am writing you with good intentions.

I got your e-mail contact adress from an internet directory here in
malaysia,while browsing the web,searching for a reliable,truthful and
trustworthy person to help me out.In my sorrows i prayed,fasted and cried
out to God to provide me with a helper,and i believe in you i will find all
these qualities.

I am miss Daisy,20 years old daughter of mr and mrs Edward My parents and
siblings all died few months ago in the deadly genocide that is currently
ravaging our country sudan.

I am the only survivor in my family,all my brothers and sisters were
brutally killed in the genocide by the rebel forces in the darfur area of
sudan.Now i am an emotional wreck,alone,lonely and sad in this cruel and
wicked world,with no one to turn to.

I am writing you in absolute confidence,primarily to seek your assistance to
help me retrieve my only hope of survival:Some funds deposited in a security
company here in Malaysia by my late father.

The fund was deposited by my father 3 years ago as a family valuable in a
security company in malaysia.He did not disclose the content of the box to
the security company officials as money,for security reasons.

According to my late father,the fund was accrued from a business deal he
made while he was in malaysia, kuala lumpur for business.The fund
is:{$10million united states dollars in cash}but was concealed in a big box
for security reasons.As a matter of fact,the security company does not know
the contents of the box as money.

I am currently with the certificate of deposit and other legal documents
that will enable me retrieve the fund.In a bid to retrieve the fund,i
managed to travel to kuala lumpur malaysia,but the security company manager
is insisting that i must have the backing and assistance of a business
associate of my late father,because i am too young to do the transfer alone.

Dear,please find it in your heart to help me retrieve this fund,you standing
as a business associate of my late father.

For your assistance in helping me retrieve the fund,25% of the whole money
will be for you,while 5% will be set aside for expenses that we may incure
during the retrieval and transfer process.I also want you to make good
investment research for me in your country,so that i can invest/base and
complete my university education in your country with the fund.

As you show your willingness to help me,please forward to me your full
name,adress,and contact phone/fax numbers.

Dear,please do this favour for me and the God almighty whom i serve will
bless and reward you abundantly according to his riches in christs
glory.This fund is my only hope of survival in this whole wide world.In our
country sudan,there is no food or shelter,there is only violence,killings
and deaths.I managed to escape to sudan so i can retrieve this fund and
start a new life in a new country with this money.

please,keep this transaction confidential for security reasons.

best regards and hoping to hear from you soonest.

miss.Daisy

N.B:IN CASE YOUR MAIL TO ME WAS NOT SENT YOU CAN RESEND TO MY ALTERNATE
EMAILBOX:daisy_edws@yahoo.com.sg

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