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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348025239945 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: urgent transfer urgent transfer <urgent-contacttransfer@web.de>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:36:20 +0100
Subject: URGENT CONTACT TRANSFER



Goodday to you. I am Godfrey the son of late mr Taylor beat from Nigeria .i got your contact from the internet and i belive you could be a nice and trustworthy someone.Hence i decided to contact you in respect of my late father fund $25m USD which he put inside two trunk boxes and deposited it in a security company here in Nigeria before he died.So I want you to be my foreign beneficiary who will help me to claim and transfer this boxes out of africa to you in your country for invetsment purpose .for your foreign assistance i and my mum have agreed to offer to you 25% of the total fund and 5% for any expenses that might occure during this transaction. . Please i want you to get back to me as soon as possible for further details. Email:taylor_gdfry@yahoo.comPhone Number +2348025239945 Yours Truly Godfrey Taylor



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