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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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "DR HAYES UGO" <yghtugo@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ugodrhayes@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:19:08 -0800
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY


DR HAYES UGO
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK
ACCRA GHANA
+233275434524
Email.

THE PRESIDENT/CEO COULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING ME TO RELOCATE THIS SUM
OF $10.5, TEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS (US$10.5M) TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR
ESTABLISHING A MEDIUM SIZE INDUSTRY IN YOUR COUNTRY AND FOR SHARING UNDER
45% FOR 50% , 5% TO COVER EXPENCES IN THE TRANSACTION . THE SAID 10.5
MILLION DOLLARS WAS DEPOSITED IN OUR BANK BY MR ABDULLU HARUNA FROM BRUNEI
DARUSSALAM CITIZEN WHO DIED IN A WAR ZONE AT LIBERIA 1997.WE HAVE TRIED
TO CONTACT HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY TO COME FORWARD FOR CLAIMS BUT COULD NOT
SUCCEED.WE DISCORVERED THAT THE LATE ABDULLU HARUNA DIED ALONG SIDE WITH HIS
WIFE AND CHILDREN WHO SUPPOSED TO BE HIS NEXT OF KIN. I WILL GIVE YOU ALL
VITAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BRUNEI DARUSSALAM MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR
CUSTODY SO THAT YOU WILL CONTACT OUR BANK FOR THEM TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO
YOU.YOU CAN COME HERE IN PERSON OR YOU CAN REQUEST OUR BANK TO SHIP THE
FUNDS TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY DIPLOMATICALY. I AM A MANAGER WITH AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT BANK,I WILL PLAY A ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 10.5MILLION
DOLLARS IS RELEASED TO YOU.AS SOON AS I RECIEVE YOUR REPLY,I
WILL GIVE YOU A DRAFT APPLICATION WHICH YOU WILL FORWARD TO OUR BANK.REPLY
AND LET ME KNOW YOUR FULL NAME, AGE, ADDRESS, OCCUPATION, YOUR PRIVATE
TELEPHONE
AND FAX NUMBER

TEL

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.




HAYES UGO

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