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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • barristerdavidike@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "halimahida5" <halimahida5@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:24:55 -0600
Subject: Greetings in the name of Almighty Allah


Greetings in the name of Almighty Allah

May Allah bless you and reward you,as you are reading this
letter.My name is Halima Hida;My late Father deposited $10 million usa
dollars in security company and told the security company ;that his
lawyer ,who is now my lawyer will get the names of people or any one who

will help me to receive the money abroad and help me to invest it,when
i accept becoming a muslim and now am a muslim ,formerly i refused to
be a muslim,because i was foolish.

My late father told his lawyer ,that the $10 million should be
transfered abroad and be received abroad and invested abroad ; 30% of the
profit,gotten from the investment,should be used for charity homes
yearly;

My late father told my uncles that the money ,belongs to his friend
abroad,because my uncles wanted to kill him,because he is a muslim and
my late father does not want me to stay in my country here,because my
uncles are wicked people;and if my uncles knows he kept the money for
me,they will kill me .

So his lawyer ,who is my lawyer told me to get the name of any one who
will help me to receive the money abroad,because the security company
refused to give me the

money here,in my country and the security company said,my late father
told them to give money out the money abroad to any one who my lawyer
will get his name abroad,that will receive the m oney. So i need someone
who will help me to receive the money;so that we can invest the money
in the person's country,and when you receive the money, in your
country abroad,we will share the money and invest some in ur country.

If you will help me to receive the money in your country,i will give
you 20% of the money;which is $2million usa dollar and we shall also
invest 30% of the money,with you in your country and share the
profit ot the investment.

my lawyer will tell you how the money will get to you;contact him.

this is my lawyer's name ;Mr David wealth and mobile and his email
address is ;barristerdavidike@yahoo.com .

Kindly reply me;with my email address;halimahida200@yahoo.com.Also ,send an email to my lawyer and include your names and mobile number ,so that he can contact you.May
Allah bless you.

Halima Hida

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