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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "keep this confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Gerald Harmon"<harmon_gg@myway.com>
Reply-To: gharmon_hh@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:10:50 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Att:Peace keeping mission in Iraq, can i trust you?


Dear Friend, My name is Sgt Gerald Harmon of Marine Force on Monitoring and Peace –keeping mission in Iraq. I need your help in keeping the money that we moved from Ba'qubah in Iraq safe. We moved this money some months ago to a safekeeping company .You know the funds are legal and it is oil money. we want to move the funds from were it is now to a secure place or location. Can you provide that? The total amount is US$56 Million dollars in cash. This money is in cash and we want to move it to you as soon as possible. Mostly $100 dollar bill notes.Total of US$56 Million dollars. So your share for helping me is 30%.Will you help? The whole process is simple and straightforward. I am still in iraq and i will be discharged soon but no one knows when this War will be over. I dont want to take any chances of loosing the funds. That is why we must act now.We are sharing everything 70/30. This is a legitimate transaction.If you are interested, i will provide you further details and
instructions. Please keep this confidential. We can't afford more political problems. Can i trust you and will you help? Waiting for your urgent and positive response. Please send your full contact details so that i can reply you back asap. If you have any questions please feel free to ask, I look forward to hearing from you. Yours Truly,Sgt Gerald Harmon

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