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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a "dying merchant" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Rita Machaba <machaba_m213@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mrsritamacha@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:09:58 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Donation from Rite Machaba.

DEAR BELOVED ONE.

As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name is Mrs.Rita Machaba a merchant in Tunisia and Dubai. I have been diagnosed with testicle cancer. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts. Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property
and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give also to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria, Malaysia and some countries in Africa. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money, which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan; they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contented with what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of Eleven Million United States Dollars $11,000,000,00 which I deposited with a Security Company.

I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations. I have set aside 10% for you, your time and also any expenses incurred during this assignment.

Waiting for your urgent response.

God bless you greatly as you do.


Mrs.Rita Machaba

N/B: I want you to understand that I deposited this consignment (1 Trunk Box) with the security company and declared the content of the consignment as a family treasure not money, so it is only me and you who knows that the consignment contents the sum of Eleven Million United States Dollars ($11,000,000,00)



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