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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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: "JACOB GARANG" <garang_jcjr@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:02:11 +0000
Subject: RE: Your email

DEAR FRIEND,
Ithank you very much for your willing heart to help me and my family,i
discovered this problem when i arrived ghana,that many things has gone wrong
in the system,many black brothers were defrauding people on the
internet,because of this many people fail to understand that not every
bussines in the internet are scamm,

iam for real ,all i need from you is trust, honesty and understanding,that
is why i want you to convince me that you are capable of securing this funds
for me and my family,i hope you have read my proposal very well and
understand that the funds were deposited in the security company by my
father,so why i need you is to stand as my fathers foreign partner ,the
beneficiary of the two trunk boxes deposited by my father late HON JOHN
GARANG,

therefore i will like to have your full information such as your direct
phone number,your home and work place address, because i can not afford to
gamble with this money,so when igot cleared on this request,i will give you
the contact information of the security company where my father deposited
the trunks,and you introduce yourself to them as the owner,

more over i must tell you that you will come to accra ghana and we meet face
to face from there we move to the security company,and it will give us
opportunity to believe each other,because you are going to help us invest
the money into a viable bussiness in your country,because iam going to
continue with my education while my mother will relocate in your country by
your assistant,

i hope you will understand that trust is the key that will unluck this great
treasure,that will change your life for ever,pls feel free to ask me any
question that will make us trust and believe each other,i wait to hear from
you soonest,
regards
JACOB GARANG.

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