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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Collins Edward" <samuel22okwugi@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: col1inz_ed@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:21:26 +0000
Subject: From Mr Collins

Dear,

My name is Mr. Collins Edward, A banker by Profession and Currently A
Director of Finance Auditing and Accounting Unit in my Bank, Which the
name will giving to you as soon as you respond for security reason.

I get your name and address in my search for a reputable and reliable
person to help me claim the sum of USD$15 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS,
Deposited in our bank by one of our customer who die with his wife and
two children on the 21Th day of April 2000 in car clash along
senegambai express road.

Since his death no one has come up as his next of kin and all our
efforts to locate any member of his family immediate family has prove
Abortive that was why I decided to see if I can get anybody who has the same
surname or last name with via Internet preferably some one of the same
nationality with him which I believe you have all the qualities we
need.

Why i am contacting you is to present you to our bank as the next of
Kin to the deceased customer. He was Drilling contractor with some Oil
Companies here in west Africa, because you have the same surname/last
name with him and his from the same country with you. So it will be more
acceptable and wiser to present you through paper work to the Bank for
claim of the total fund.

I will give you all the necessary requirements that the bank may
request from you and follow up the transfer of the fund into your account as
an Insider. It will interest you to know that I and my partners has
been keeping the account dormant to enable our plans for the funds to come
through and this is the time and we are happy to locate you for the
perfection of the transfer of the Fund into your nominated Bank Account to
be given.

As soon as I get your positive response I will update you about the
mode of disbursement and we will also need to know about investing in your
Country as a way of helping your people who suppose are the original
owners of this Fund

Looking forward to your urgent response by updating me with direct
Telephone and Fax number for easy communication.
Yours Specially

Mr. Collins Edward

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