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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)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (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: "Alan Tyler" <alan.thomas03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alan.tyler@dbzmail.com
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:35:43 -0800
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

Dear Friend,

Good day to you. I am sure This mail will definitely be coming to you as a
surprise,but i must crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you. I am
Lance Corporal Alan Tyler, a US marine, currently serving in Iraq. The
reason why I am contacting you via this media is because it is anonymous. I
can't contact my friends and family back home as they are listed as
acquitances in my military file and to contact them may compromise the
confidentiality of this transaction. I am currently in Kuwait on duty break.
I and my partner, secretly moved some abandoned cash in a mansion belonging
to the slayed former president of Iraq, Saddam Husein and the total cash is
$25 Million USD. We have discovered the cash for over 3 months now but we
waited until the verdict has been passed and we are sure there is no way
anybody could trace the money.

As I write this letter to you, this box is here with me in cash as I
secretly moved it out of Iraq to Kuwait. You do not have to be afraid of
anything as no one else knows about this and everything is safe. I would be
pleased and grateful to you if you could assist us in receiving this box as
I will be heading back soon to camp in Iraq to join my collegues. Of course,
I will give you some money for your efforts.

Moving the funds out of here is not going to be much of a problem as
arrangements are being made towards that. All I want from you is your trust
and assurance that if the boxes gets to you, you can keep them in a safe
place until our arrival. I have to stop here for now. We have limited time
now, kindly get back to me immediately.

In God we trust,
Lance Corporal Alan Tyler

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