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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
• 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.
  • glad24hrs01@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "D.Great Mustaphers" <d.greatmustaphers9@hotmail.fr>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 04:08:22 +0100
Subject: Reply To:-glad24hrs01@excite.com




DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I am Miss Gladys Mustapher from Jeddah Saudi Arabia, I am the Daughter of Late Sir. Ahmed Mustapher a well known business consultant in Jeddah. I need your immediate assistance to claim and receive my late father’s fund worth US$58.3M.

This fund came as a result of the oil transaction that my late father executed before his death. It is unfortunate, my father is no longer alive to finish it.The fund is under the care of Barrister David Mark a Government Consultant.

I am presently in Cotonou, Republic of Benin. I ran away from Saudi Arabia because when my late father’s friends found out that the above fund is ready, they started making moves to kill me in order to claim the fund.

I seriously need your assistance to transfer the fund into your account in my favor, on this, I will offer you 25% of the total sum for your effort.

I am 19 year old and still a student, therefore, I will like to invest the fund in your country under your care till I come of age to handle it.Please bear with me about my poor English for this is the best I can offer.

Reply as soon as possible for I am in a desperate situation.

Best Regards,
Gladys&Ahmed
D.Great Mustaphers.
Reply To:-glad24hrs01@excite.com


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