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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)
• This email message is a "dying merchant" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Malik Hagis" <t_barlcox1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: m_barlcox1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:57:42 +0000
Subject: ABOUT MY MAIL.

Dear friend,

As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I Believe
Everyone will die someday. My name is MALIK J HAGIS. I am a merchant of
Cyprus Nationality but presently residing in London. I have been diagnosed
with Oesophageal cancer .It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and
Right now I have only about a few months to live,according to medical
experts.I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really
cared for Anyone (not even myself) but my business. Though I was blessed by
God,I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on
my business as that was the only thing I cared for.


But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just
wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God gives
me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different
way from how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have willed and
given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family
members as well as a few close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and
accept my soul so, I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as
I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have
distributed money to some charity organizations in the Somalia, Algeria and
Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this
myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my
accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization
in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves.


Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with
what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is the
huge cash deposit of eighteen million dollars $18,000,000 that I have with a
finance/Security Company in europe. I will want you to help me collect this
deposit and dispatche it to charity organizations.I have set aside 20% for
you and for your time.God be with you.


MALIK J HAGIS.

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