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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: <solomondunbar@centrum.cz>
Date:
Subject: Dearest One,

Dearest One,

My proposal is to solicit for your assistance in investment of sum of U=
S$6,700,000.00=20
I inherited from my late father as my guardian and trustee in any busin=
ess under your supervision as partners.

We have gone to the bank and inform them our intension of having the mo=
ney transferred to our foreign partner for investment as in agreement w=
ith my late father. The bank has accepted our request and waiting for o=
fficial application from us with particulars of our foreign partner who=
m the money will be transferred to from here.

I am from Sierra Leone but presently with my mother here in Cote d=92 I=
voire where the money was deposited by my late father before his death.=
You would have been contacted by my mother but she is seriously sick i=
n hospital bed half paralyzed by stroke. That was why she hands over to=
me and my contacting you instead of her.

What we need from you is for you to be my guardian and partner in any b=
usiness of your choice where the money will be invested on. I have no b=
usiness experience, area of investment and location is for you to decid=
e.

We will also need your personal particulars like full name, address, oc=
cupation and telephone number for official application to the bank for =
transfer of the money in your name as our foreign partner for investmen=
t purpose.

I will send you deposit account number, name of the bank, contact perso=
n and any other information you need to know when I receive your partic=
ulars for application to the bank.

If you can handle this get back to me with your personal particulars.

Sincerely=20
Solomon Dunbar=20

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