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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:
  • ",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)
  • "% will be for you" (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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Gleen Smith" <sgleen@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:16:45 +0100
Subject: Thanks may god bless you


Hello,

Its My Greatest Pleasure to contact you on a business proposal and i
know that after you acknowledgr the receipt of my message you will be touch
in your hearth to help me because its matter of urgency.

Well i am Helen Wilton a wife to the late former governor of the C.B.A (
CENTRAL BANK OF FRANCE ) Who was a Victim of a Terrible motor Accident with
our only son Well i give thanks to god that i was in the incident but god
spear my Life.

After a few month of the dead of my Late husband Mr Wilton i discover
that my Husband had a fixed desposit with the Ned bank plc.

The Said Amount is $745,000,000 ( Seven Hundred and Fourty five Million
Dollar so i have decided for the claim of my late Husband fund which i
needed your Urgent Assistance for a Foerign Account of the transfer of the
fund,i want you to know that this issue is a matter of urgency why bcos the
bank where the fund is deposit have ask for the urgent transfer of the fund
since my husband is dead or they will sieze the fund.also i have given a
particular period of time for the transfer that is why the proposal is
urgent and also i will need your urgent respond of assistance.

I want you to understand that after fund get into your account i have
decided to give you 55% of the fund only if you be a nice assistance &
support this proposal, While i take 40% of the moneyand the remaining 5%
will be for your expenses like transportation and your phone contact.also i
want to understand and have it in mind that you are a honest person i can
eusure all trust,believe and hope of the proposal on.

becasue i do tranaction with god fearing person.

So i want you to know that this proposal is 100% rise fees and also highly
confidencai proposal and should be keep secret with you bcos of security
reason.

I shall look forward and Await your smooth reply as i put my hope in god
for the Success of the business proposal.

Best Regard.

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