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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand us 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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Robert Mageza <prad00000271@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <robertmageza555@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 03:05:56 +0200
Subject: MY REGARDS!!!




Dear Friend,

I am a staff member of one of South Africans leading bank. I email seeking your indulgence in redirecting funds (Twenty Eight Million Six Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only $28,600,000) which I have been the account officer since 2003. The said fund has been dormant in an account which has been inactivity since 2006 and I am contacting you because this fund cannot be approved to a local Bank here in South Africa.

I am proposing a fifty percentage (50%) sharing of the said funds to you for your assistance. Please I will require complete honesty, trust-worthiness, and cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get back to me on acceptance of my terms and I will intimate you with detailed information and the process of application to the claims of the fund.
I look forward to a good business relationship with you.

Regards
Robert Mageza
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