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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:
  • "security company in holland" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: doris doris <doris_ou@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <doris10attah@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:22:59 +0200
Subject: Dear One,



Dear One,

First of all I will like to thank you for your attention to read my mail and for your interest,I pray that my plan with you shall be of good success.

It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my younger Brother Jewel Attah,intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe as a christian that one have to take risk to succeed in life. Trusting you is one, succeeding with you is another.

I want to discuss about our family heritage which my late Father kept for us in a Coorporate security company in holland before he was assasinated by unknown armed rebels last years in khorogo.

I and my Brother have decided to sort for a trustworthy person we can confide our trust and we shall give you the power of attorney to help us confirm first the condition of our heritage in the company in holland, after that you have to help us to come over to meet you before we collect our heritage.

We are facing lot of problems here because we cannot avoid to travel because our traveling passport have been taken from us by our uncles who where supposed to be kind with us, but turned to be wicked with us after the death of our father.

We do not have any experience in business and we do not trust our uncles here because they have been wicked to us since the death of our parents.

There are so many problems we are facing here that have forced me and my kid brother out of our family mansion. Everything will be explained to you later, but we shall like you to comfirm to us your noble intention and condition to get this done succesfully.

I want you to be our guardian, and beneficiary of our family heritage.

I await your soonest response. Extend my greeting to your entire family.
Thank you and God bless you.

Sincerely yours,
Doris Attah.
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