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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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: mata charles <charlesmata069@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mata55charles@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 18:02:33 +0200
Subject: SIR/MADAM



Dear SIR/MADAM ATTENTION :THE MANAGING DIRECTOR Good day to you and we hope that this e-mail will find you well and With due respect, trust and humility in good health.we write you for a possible investment co-operation and assistance from you.we find your contact while we were doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist us and to transfer fund to his personal or private account and for investment purpose in his country the sum $11.7 Million dollar was deposited in a bank on our behalf by our father before dead came to him. but we have gone to the bank to claim the money but we were told by the bank manager that though the money belongs to us only our father`s foreign partner who our father entrusted with the power to oversee our welfare and invest on our behalf can have appropiate access untill we have good business knowledge. Please we want you to be our father`s recommended foreign partner as to enable us transfer this money to you country,your helping us will solve our surffrings, we will also like to live in your country If you oblige to help us,we will give you 10 Percent of the money.We will give you the details of procedure and the bank contact when We receive your positive response and your readiness to co-operate with Us for the transfer.Thanks do have a nice day and we look forward to read from you, Regards,charles and james mata
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