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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:
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Muritala Akeem" <muritala99@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: muritala_vip2005@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:16:54 +0000
Subject: PLEASE READ AND GET BACK TO ME.

Attention.
My name is Mr. Muritala 40 years of age. I am compelled to contact you as
result of a lifetime business relationship I wished to establish with your
honorable self. I am the Chairman of Audit Committee International
commercial Bank of Ghana (ICB), Eastern Region Branch. I am a Christian. I
write you this letter in good faith believing both of us will work with one
accord for the realization of this project.. I am in control of the sum of
Tthre Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars ($3,150,000.00)
that was an excess of profit made by our Eastern Region branch office in the
last quarter of the year 2004. Due to the present political position of this
country, I have carefully placed the afore said fund in an Escrow Call
Deposit Account and did not declare this to my head office, Can I really
trust you to hold this money for me until I arrive your country and pick it
up myself? This is where the problem lies. You will be entitled to 25% of
the total money as your commission if you will be human enough to work with
me with absolute transparency. If you accept my offer you can contact me
immediately via my personal email address All then, I will up-date on how
this transaction will be perfected. There is practically no risk involved;
it will be a bank-to-bank transfer. I hope you understand my situation.
Thank you and God bless. Very truly yours, Barr.Muritala AKEE

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