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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found 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: "a_musa3@terra.es" <a_musa3@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:05:01 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Dear Friend,



Dear Friend,

I am ADAMU MUSA,chairman contract award committee
for the petroleum special Trust fund.I know that this letter will
come to you as a surprise since we have not met. Please bear
with me. we are in search for a reliable and honest partner abroad that
we can entrust with the sum of us$30 million.So furnish me with the
following particulars for me to perfect the remmittance of this fund to
your posession.

1,YOUR FULL NAMES.
2,YOUR COMPANY NAME (IF ANY)
3,YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
4,YOUR PRIVATE PHONE, CELL/FAX NUMBERS.
5,YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION,PLEASE YOU CAN REACH ME WITH YOUR INFORMATION IF
YOU ARE INTRESTED,GOD BLESS YOU.

ADAMU MUSA.









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