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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: susan musa <susan_musa5@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:15:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM YOUR DAUGHTER & SON SUSAN & BROTHER MUSA.


Dear mr.amarjit.


Thanks for your urgent reply to our mail. we read and understood the content of your mail and we are looking up to you to be our beloved father.

Dear uncle, we are realy an orphan having no body elso to care for us. and we are trusting you beleiving you will not betray our trust in you regarding the transfer of our late father's deposited fund in tne commercial bank of senegal.

More also uncle the bank need your personal contact informations to enable us submit your name to the bank for nomination. Here are the required informations needed by the bank.

YOUR FULL NAME...........................................
AGE.................................................................
MARRITAL STATUS..........................................
OCCUPATION..................................................
POSITION HOLD.............................................
HOUSE/OFFICE ADDRESS.............................
STATE/COUNTRY...........................................
PHONE/FAX NUMBER.....................................
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER.............................


Upon the receipt of the listed information, we will send to you the bank contact to enable you contact the bank and also nominate you as our foreign partner who is willing and capable to assist us retreive our late father deposited fund in the commercial bank of senegal including every other information regarding the smooth transfer of our fund to your position.

Mostly uncle, We dont have any one else to look up to, we want your to take us as your true Daughter and Son who you can care for and direct in the right way we should follow and the fund in question though it is ours but we want you to take it as yours and assist us in the investment of the total fund in your country.

We are looking forward to your fatherly reply which will give us hope for survival.
Our greetings to the rest members of the family.
Thnks.



Your true Daughter & Son,
Susan & Brother Musa.



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