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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:
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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: "MR. NEDUM DESMOND" <nedum18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: nedum95@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:08:18 +0200
Subject: MR. NEDUM DESMOND

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA WEST AFRICA
My name is MR NEDUM DESMOND
I am the only Son of late chief DESMOND. My father was a very wealthy
CRUDE OIL Dealer in NIGER DELTA REGION in Nigeria West Africa,
my father was incharge of the sales of crud oils to forieners ,my
father was poisoned by his business associates because of his possition as
the
head and my mother died when i am little and my father took me so special
because I am his only son,
Before the death of my father few days ago he secretly called me and
told me that he has the sum of(USD $4.5 MILLION , Four MILLION Five Hundred
thousand U.S DOLLARS )which he deposited in a bank ,He also told that it
was because of this money he was poisoned by his .0business associates ,
my father instructed me to look for a trust worthy foreign partner who
will Help me transfer this money into a foreign account ,
my purpose of contacting you is for you to help transfer this money
into an account in your country I promis to reward you with some amount
from
the total money,if you can help me to transfer the money to your account
and hope you will not betray the trust i have on you because this money is
my only hope in this life
I can assure you there is No Risk involve the money is my inheritance
from
my late father.
I am waiting to hear from you.
MR. NEDUM DESMOND

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