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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united state dollars" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • officialism@movemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "valuable info" <officialism1977@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: officialism@movemail.com
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:41:00 -0500
Subject: Imperative Application;

Good Day!!!

As a business collaboration, i am pleased to introduce an opportunity of transfer onto your overseas account value the sum of us $ 15.000.000.00 {fifteen million united state dollars}.

A floating fund in an account opened since 1997 and no body has operated on the account till date. Providentially after my investigation i discovered that the owner of the account died long ago without leaving a heir/ will. Hence if i do not remit this money out urgently it will be transfers into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

At the conclusion of this project, i propose a joint investment of an equal partnership to you or we share it in a ratio of 50%/ 50%. Therefore, i respectfully requested to keep the contents confidentially and kindly forward me with your personal information then lets work out the modalities.

Thanks as i expect your immediate respond directly to my private net courier: officialism@movemail.com

Yours authentically,

Mr. Amen WILLIAM.
General Manager BOA.
Url: www.bkofafrica.net

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