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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 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)
• 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.
  • stanley_mark222@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: stanley mark <stanleymark137@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <stanley_mark222@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:32:16 +0000
Subject: DEAR, Sir/Madam WE NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE



FROM STANLEY AND DORISRepublic of GhanaWest Africa Dear, Me and my sister got your contact when we were searching for a goodhonest and reliable person. we prayed over it and decided to reveal toyou our problem.I am Stanley Mark(25 years old) and my sister name isDoris Mark(20years old),the only children of late Mr and mrs. Joyce Mark.Our father was a very wealthy Gold/Diamond dealer in Freetown, theeconomic capital of Sierra Leone. our father was poisoned to death byhis close business associates on one of their outings on a businesstrip. our mother died 20 years ago, precisely during the childdeliverly birth of doris my kid sister and since then our father tookus so special.He was also playing the role of a mother to us too.Before the death of our father, in a private hospital in Freetown, hesecretly called me by his bed side and told me of a deposit of$15,000,000,00 united state dollars (FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS)heconcealed in a metallic box and deposited with a finance securitycompany in GHANA ,the economic capital of ACCRA.He warned me that because of envy that he was poisoned by his closeassociates. He also advised me to seek for an honest foreigner in acountry of my choice those associates will not hurt me and my sisteras they have succeeded in poisoning him.For your information ,it hasbeen difficult to know who is an honest person to assist us in thistransaction,and i decided to make a try on you. i and my sister has arrived ACCRA,GHANA,a nearby country since myuncle wants to kill me because of this certificate of deposits as hehave suceeded in collecting all my father's property left behind. He and his wife always punish me and my sister, and have made life verydifficult for us.His wife served me and doris a poisoned rice meal,but for the devine mercy,her daughter secretly whispered to me not toeat the meal because there is poison in the rice. i wasted the meal to the dose bin only to find two dead rat on the dose bin the following morning andthat made me to run away immediately with doris my kid sister to GHANA.And we don't want to stay long here in GHANA since we did not knowanybody here and no much money to pay for our hotel bill.Dear, I honourably seek your assistance to introduce you to thesecurity company as the foreign partner to our late father so that youwill help us clear the money so that we can continue our educationover there in your country as we will like to live with you in yourcountry for the rest of our live and you will help us invest the moneyin your country. Me and doris has agreed to compensate you with 20% of the money.I want to let you know that the security company have promise us thatif our faters partner can not be able to come down here they can helpto deliver the box to him in any country of his choice and the promised my late father at the day of deposit. Thank you as we are expecting your reply immediately you receive this email.Reply to this Email box(stanley_mark222@yahoo.co.uk).Yours Faithfully,Stanley and Doris.
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