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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 us 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)
• 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.
  • fdv_unitednation@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?fdv.unitednations.com?=" <charlesjohnson@tiscali.fr>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:39:19 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear_Winner,_Your_Oustanding_payment_get_back_to_us....?=



UNITED NATIONS/FDV.DONATION PROGRAMME
U.N.F.D.V.D.P




U.N.F.D.V.D.P


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Winner,

We have come to notice that most of our winner of FDV/United Nation Donation have still not collected there payment because of some reason, please we want you to reonfirm to us if this is your qualification Number(N-222-6747, E-900-56 ) because from our monitery networking we found out that the above qualilification numbers have not yet received the payment of the FDV/United Nation Donation Award, please as a matter of urgence we want you to reconfrim your full details to our email address so could make every possible arrangement on how you will receive your donation fund.

We must warn you that on your refusal to provide this items to our office you will not be paid your Outstand Fund of US1,000,000.00( One Million Us Dollars) and this organization will not be balmed for not paying you your outstanding fund.
Get back to us as soon as possible.

Yours in service,


Mrs. Grace Sanders
(Clearance Officer)
United Nations International Draws Centre
124 Stockport Road,
Longsight, Manchester
M60 2DB United Kingdom.
Email: fdv_unitednation@yahoo.co.uk
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