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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 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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: <skabila12000@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 21:42:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From:Stella Kabila

Congo R.D.C
West Africa

Based on the information and recommendation I got about quick growth of business investment and commerce in your country, I deemed it necessary to hlep me I am Stella Kabila the only daugther of Late President Laurent Kabila. My father was a very wealthy government ruler of the economic capital of
R.D.C my father was assacinated to death by his oposition cabinet in the house of represantative on one of their meeting gathering. but before the death of my late father he told someday that he deposited a sum of $6.5 million dollars in a private security company as family valuable coupled with
two trunk box again which contain 750kg of Gold also as family valuable,he also said that he deposited the valuable in the name of forign partner which he did not mentioned the name of the person to them, so I now want a forign partner who will help me claim($6.5) million us dollars deposited on
my own name in security company and 75kg of Gold as family valuable. I wait to hear from you so that I will funished you with more details.

Thanks and God bless you.

Sincerely Regards


Stella Kabila



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