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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)
  • "huge sum of money" (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 email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "christopher" <christopherkabiq10@excite.com>
Reply-To: kabilachristopherq@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 21:22:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: {Spam?} FAMILY BUSINESS INVESTMENT










FAMILY BUSINESS INVESTMENTDEAR SIR/MADAM,This letter might surprise you because we have not met neither in person nor by I got correspondence your contact through some discreet inquiry from the chamber of commerce and industry; one has no doubt in your ability to handle a financial business transaction.However, I wish to introduce myself, I am Christopher Kabila the son of the late Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Desire Kabila who was murdered on Tuesday 16th January 2001.I am contacting you bearing in mind that you will be of good assistance to me in a business that will benefit both of us.I inherited a huge sum of money from my late Father through the help of my mother been the secord wife of my father, write this letter in respect of my intention to invest the sum of US$28M(Twenty Eight Million United State Dollars) with you.Once I get your responds,I will flourish you with details on how to go about this transaction.Best Regards,Christopher Kabila (for the
family )



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