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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:
  • "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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: de_elem@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:57:18 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU HANDLE THIS? -[Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:57:18 +0000]

Greetings,
I am Mr. Amadi Elechi, the auditor general of a prime bank in Africa.
There Is an account opened in my bank in 1980 and since 1990 nobody
has operated on this account again, after going through some old file in
the records I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently
it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is
Dr.Phillip Morris , a foreigner and a miner at Mount Resources Ltd. a
geologist by profession. He died since 1990, and no other person knows about this
account or anything concerning it. The account has no other beneficiary
and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know
anything about his account and the amount involved is $36m (Thirty
Six Million United States Dollars).
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because the bank is going to
welcome you as a foreigner that has correct information about the
account, which I will give to you before we proceed. I need your full
co-operation to make this work fine. If you are capable to handle such an amount in
strict confidence and trust we will achieve this money immediately, I will
also use my position to influence and affect legal approvals and immediate onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the
ministries and foreign exchange department. As soon as the transfer is concluded,
you are entitled to 25% of the total funds.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
Sincerely Yours,
Mr. Amadi.

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