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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27736851385 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "federick obua" <federickobua55@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: federick_obua001@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:40:30 +0200
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

From Federick Obua
BLOMEFONTEIN SOUTH AFRICA
TELEPHONE: +27-736-851--385

Dear Sir/Madam,

Good Day and God bless as I introduce my self to you with all faith, trust
and hope you will understand me to assist us and not to betray us at the
end. I am 28 Years old; my father died 3 years ago in a gold mine in MENDE,
Republic of Serria Leone. He was into legal gold mining; he has succeeded in
saving $30 millions dollars during his Business on Gold, before he went on a
trip to Republic of South Africa to save his money for security reasons
because of the political problem in our country. Now my father was died.
I need help from you to transfer me this money from South Africa to your
country for investment and who will be sincere to invite me to his country
with out cheating me or doing bad to me on my arrival with my widow mother,
We are willing to give you 15% of the money after the transfer of the money,
please mail me immediately so that I can know your stand before looking at
else where. You’re the first person we are contacting for this
assistance.Please permit me to ask, Can you honestly help us as your own
person? Can we completely trust you? Please send me your confidential
telephone and fax numbers to enble me communication you.
Please, Treat this email confidential and get back to me as soon as
possible.

Sincerely Yours,
FEDERICK OBUA
(For the family)

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