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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)
  • "you will take 25%" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "michael boateng" <michaelandboateng150@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: michaelandboateng1981@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:16:14 +0100
Subject: So I want your agreement that out of the 25%,you will give me 12% and take 13%.

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Michael Boateng.the estate/properties manager representing the
Bamali's Family.I am contacting you on behalf of Mrs.Amina Bamali,wife to
late Major.Gen. Nuhu Bamali who lost his life in the Military plane crash in
Benue State on the 17th September,2006.

You can view the website for more information about the military plane
crash;
http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-23718.0.html

Please,i want you to know that her late husband deposited the sum of
$9,375,640 Usd with an International bank in Ghana.On the approval of
Mrs.Amina Bamali,I have contacted the bank director and told him about
Mrs.Amina Bamali decision to see that her late husband's fund is
transferred to a foreign partner/investor for foreign business investment.
>From the bank director's response to me,he said that I should present the
foreign partner/investor who will receive the fund for the foreign business
investment.Please,I want to count on your trust to act & stand in as the
Foreign Partner/investor.

Since Mrs.Amina Bamali do not have any knowledge about foreign business
investment,I have convinced her that you as the foreign partner/investor
will take 25% of the Total Fund immediately the Fund is transferred to you
and Mrs.Amina has agreed that you will take 25% of the $9,375,640.

So I want your agreement that out of the 25%,you will give me 12% and take
13%.So if you agree on this sharing agreement b/w us,you can forward your
FULL NAME,ADDRESS,AGE,OCCUPATION,PHONE NUMBER and YOUR PICTURE PHOTO.
Once I receive them,I shall forward all mine to you. Also,I shall draft a
letter and give you the bank director's information so that you can contact
him as the foreign partner/investor.

On the comfirmation of the money into your bank account, I and Mrs.Amina
Bamali shall proceed to procure our visa so as to come and meet you in your
country for the foreign business investment.

Regards,
Mr.Michael Boateng

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