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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:
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "your humble assistance" (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: b.lewis <b.lewis@gadball.com>
Reply-To: biancalewis@myway.com
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:31:32 -0700
Subject: My dear one



My dear one


May the peace of God be with you and your family, my name is
Mrs.Bianca Lewis, the wife of late Mr.Thomas Lewis who was the
national chairman of cocoa exporting boards unit here in ivory coast
before he died two the year ago. I and my husband have married for
twenty years with one child name Davis, 19 yrs old. My husband made a
fix deposit with one of the banks here, amount of Eight Million United
State Dollars (USD$8,000,000.00). but my worried is i have a cancer
sickness which my doctor have told me that i might not last for the
next three months because of mysickness , since my husbands died my
whole life is miserable due to my health condition. i need your humble
assistance to utilize this money the way i am going to instruct, to
secure the money in your country as my foreign partner/relative, so
that we can do good investment in your country like real estate or in
any profitable business you can introduce in your country. I took this
decision to contact you because my husband relative are not good
people and I can not trust any of them due to the way they are
treating me and my son since my husband died, also i don’t know what
might happen to my life tomorrow due to my cancer sickness. I want
this money to transfer to your country with your assistance so that my
son will have a good future in your care for his up keeping and he
will continue his education once we relocate to your country. We shall
also give some money to the charity and the orphanage homes, to the
glory of God. This is the reason i contacted you personally to
knowyour willing for assistance and I wait for your urgent respond,
you can also reach me on telephone. God bless.


Sincerely,


Mrs.Bianca lewis.

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