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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 states 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: HELEN CUTTER <helencutter21@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <helencutter@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:40:39 +0000
Subject: RE:YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT



OFFICE OF THE FINANCIAL AUDITORSINTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT DEPTLONDONAttention: Beneficiary,This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment filewhich worth about Ten Million United States Dollars (US$10,000,000.00)only.We also found out that you have not receive any payment since theBritish Government has set aside Eight Hundred Million United StateDollars (US$800,000,000.00) only from the One Billion Dollars collected fromfraudsters with the help of the Economic Financial Crime Commissionsboth in London and Nigeria. These include cash and frozen assess tocompensate those who have been attempted or victims of fraud by someimposters/fraudsters in Nigeria, London and other part of the country.Hence we have decided to bring a solution to your problem by arrangingyour payment through an accredited bank in USA. This is the latestinstruction by the President Chief Umaru Musa Yar' Adua (GCFR) FederalRepublic of Nigeria and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Conjuctionwith US government.Please confirm if you will like to receive the fund (US$10,Million) bysending us the below information and how you wish to receive your fund.For your information you have to stop any further communication with anyother person(s) or office(s) in respect of transferring your fund, thisis to avoid any hitches in finalizing your payment. You are advised tocontact the below office of the Financial Auditor International CreditSettlement Dept. London with the above information as soon as youreceive this important message for more direction on thisContact Person: Helen CutterEmail:mailtopaymentoffice@yahoo.co.ukEmail:mailtopaymentoffice@ok.kzNote that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code ofconduct, which is (445) so you have to indicate this code whencontacting the Helen Cutter.Regards,Ms.Helen CutterSecretary
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