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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "johnfords1@terra.es" <johnfords1@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 02:01:56 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Funds deposited in Bank with your family details.



Dear Sir

Compliment of the day.

I am a legal representative of (N.D.I.C). A federal government insurance firm covering outstanding foreign payment Here in Accra Ghana, West African Coast.

I wish to notify you about an inheritance fund that was deposited through our bank to a foreign Bank with your family details awaiting further transfer on contacting your person for advise, as the approved inheritor and the beneficiary of the Stif deposit. Recently, we have been contacted by the fund custodian's account fiduciary agent in Europe, precisely London, that all attempt to contact you or any of your family member for advise and guideline regarding the release of the said money deposited was to no avail, this necessitated myself sending you this email on a personal basis.

The money in question is about to declear a ghost fund, but I deemed it very necessary to try and notifies you about this development as to enable us arrange so that you to contact the bank immediately yourself and find out what is going on. Also for you to negotiate for the transfer of the said fund in question.

You are also expected to get back to me and confirm your receipt to this information as soon as possible. It is to know, if the bank in custody of the funds has finally gotten in touch with you, otherwise I will forward link you with the contact details of the account agent as well as the bank, so that you can reach them yourself for negotiation on how to release your family inheritance and transfer to your safe account . In this case, you should reconfirm your contact telephone number while sending your reply. Otherwise you can still call me.

Best Regards.

John Fords.








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