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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)
  • "30% for you " (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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: MICHAEL SHILUVA <michaelshiluvaplko@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <michaelshiluva@sify.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:05:05 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS OFFER



Dear Sir/madam,
I am a staff of one of the leading banks in South Africa I am writingasking for your indulgence in re-profiling funds, which we want to keepunder your supervision.
The Funds totaling ($14,700,000) I am onlycontacting you as a foreigner because this fund cannot be approved to alocal Bank here in South Africa, because the funds are in US Dollars andthe owner of this account is Mr. Morris Thompson from America, and he diedsince 2000 in an air crash along with his wife & Daughter on 31/01/2000 inan Alaska Airlines Flight 261 with other passengers on board.
You can confirm from this
websitehttp://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
Please, I am proposing 30% for you for your assistance while my colleaguesand I receive 60% and 10% earmarked for purposes of taxation in yourcountry and mine. Please if you are interested kindly forward to me thefollowing information¡¯s stated below:
(1) Your direct telephone number(2) Your direct fax number(3) Your Full Names(4) Your age(5) Your Country of Origin(6) Your Residential Address
All that is require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us seethis transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed underlegitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Your reply should indicate your willingness in assisting us. And I willsend you all the detailed infomations and documents that you will need toprocess an application for the claims of the funds.
I look forward towards a good business relationship with you.
Regards.
Mr.Michael Shiluva
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