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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 us 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.daniel_uduma@terra.es" <mr.daniel_uduma@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 19:57:30 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Hope To Hear From You.



From General accountant kumasi timber production Company in Accra. Please Sir accept my apology for emailing you. though we have never met before.

For a brief introduction,I am Mr Uduma Daniel the General accountant kumasi timber production Company here In Ghana.
It may interest you to know that I need your assistance to transfer a Fund which amount to $9.6million us dollars which was made from the company. We use to deposit the money into the company's account after the general accounting.
Unfortunately, we had a fatal accident while going to the bank for the Deposit which lead to the death of my company's director who happened to be in the same car with me.

After the incident i was able to Deposite the fund in an escrow call account,and i was the only person that knows where the money was deposited because it is a deffrent account.
In a nut shell,Please I want you to help me stand as my foriegn partner to contact the Bank for the onward transfer of this fund into your foriegn safe nominated Bank account,So that after the successful transfer we will come over to discuss the formerlities for the investment.

Thanks,
Hope To Hear From You.
Mr.Uduma Daniel.






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