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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Victoria Jones <vickmicheljonesa@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:09:57 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL


Greetings,

My Dearest One,

My name is miss Victoria Jones,

I am female,25 years of age and I am from Ivory
Coast.I know that this mail may look very worrying and
disturbing to you as I do not know you in person but I
will plead that you go through it closely and help me
because I am really in need of your help at this point
in time.

My late father,Vicent Jones was a very rich
cocoa farmer who was into exportation of cocoa
products.he was poisoned by unknown person last year
and this is why I am contacting you now.I have only a
younger brother who is only 16 years of age.My father
deposited an amount of money $15(Fifteen million) u.s dollars in a bank here in Ivory Coast(West Africa)This deposit was not precised rather it was left as
FOREIGN PARTNER,please this is why I am contacting you
now to stand as the foreign partner and the next of
kin which is the beneficiary to the money.I have
avoided disclosing this to any of our relatives
because we do not know who killed our father and the
person may also start seeking for our death after
knowing that we can succed in future.

Please help me with my younger brother transfer this
money to your account from here.I will like to come
over to your country with my only brother immediately
this transfer is executed into your account.I know
that anything you wish as your compensation in helping
us will be good for us because this help must come from a foreigner who does not know my background.

when I gets your response to this mail I will give you the necessary information reguired to carry on the transfer.

I will appreciate your urgent reply.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Victoria Jones


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