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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 united states 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 business is hitch free " (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: "will" <attention_101@myway.com>
Reply-To: ahmedmustapha_12@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 05:50:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Work With Me






My name is Mr.Ahmed Mustapha of credit and foreign bills of Ecobank Plc.I am writing in respect of a foreign customer(Mr.Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this website.http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen in! terest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of usd.20.5 m, {Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars] which has been with my branch for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than a period of time, because money will be recalled to the bank treasury
as unclaimed after this period.I will give you 40% of the total, Upon the receipt of your response, I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail to signifying your interest including your Full Name and private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication between us.Respectfully submitted,Mr. Ahmed Mustapha.


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