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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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• 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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Rose Madu <mrsrosemadu5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrsrosemadu@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:28:42 +0100
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION TO YOUR MONEY



FEDERAL MINISTRY Of FINANCE5th Floor, Annex 3,New Federal Secretariat Complex,Shehu Shagari Way, Central AreaAbuja Nigeria

DEAR: BENEFICIARY,

My name is Mrs. Rose Madu. I'm the personal secretary to the new Minister of Finance, I'm directed to contact you by the Minister to urgently confirm from you if actually you know one Peter Woo who claim to be your Business Associate/ Trustee in Nigeria.

The said Mr. Peter Woo is claiming to us that you are dead and he will like to change all the Information's that you gave to us as our bonafide beneficiary.This development is coming now that the Ministry want to offset all outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries around the world and your payment file was affected. As you may known,we have been mandated to settle installmentally all foreign beneficiaries with first value payment of $7.5 Million Dollars.(SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) We need to confirm from you or any member of your family, if it's really true that you are dead and If we did not hear from anybody it automatically means that you are actually dead and the information passed to us by Mr. Peter Woo is correct.

Anybody disposed should contact me through my email address as soon as this notification is acknowledged.We will be glad to have the true position of things with you so that we won't make any mistake in remitting your out-standing payment to a wrong person/account. Please, quick response will help this ministry a lot. Please,do email me with your position in respect of this development, Full Names and Direct Phone Number for an easy communication, Your Age and Occupation to this effect.]
Best Regards.

Mrs. Rose MaduSecretary for: Federal Minister of Finance(FMF).
Mr Ben chucks
Assist: Secretary for:Federal Minister of Finance(FMF).Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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