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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Sonia Phillip" <asoniaphillip03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <soniaphillip01@myway.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 01:50:44 +0100
Subject: Letter From Mrs Sonia Phillip.



Dear Sir/Madam,I was compelled to contact you with this business transaction after comming acrose your contact through a reliable source.
I am Mrs. Sonia Phillip Ansary, a nationality of Sierre Leone , I happily married to late Mr.P. Ansary, we were both married for 7 years without a child, and he died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. My late husband was a wealthy Diamond dealer here in sierre leone,and after his death i had interited US9.5million and i want to invest the money in your care. my late husband safe keep the $9.5M (Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in safe security firm as a consignment under my name.
I seek for your consent and help to assist me relocate those money to your country/residence and we have a joint partnership in the investment of those money in a lucrative business you advise. Presently am surffering from breast cancer, and am writen you from the hospital here in Sierre leone where am under extensive medical attention, and this is due to my health condition and position i am contacting you for this assistance and business partnership. If you have accepted to assist me, urgently contact me for more details to proceed on this business transaction without delays.
Thank you and remain bless.
Mrs. Sonia Phillip Ansary .
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