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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)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Madam Laarni <madam_laarni2008@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:37:05 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Friend & Partner


Dear Friend & Partner,
My name is Madam Laarni Enriquez, a citizen of the Philippines.I hope you are doing fine today right? To be honest with you, I would like to be open to you about myself as honest new friends do ,
I am once President Joseph Estrada courier mistress. Honestly I would like to have an investment and confidant relationship with you; if possible entrusting my life time fortune into your possession, as now I am broken hearted and needs someone to trust, without remembering my past and forsaken experiences from close confidants and family, You can read and confirm more about my political problems on this BBC News Bulletin here below: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3135605.stm.

All I want from you is to assist me make claims of some funds I concealed in a metallic trunk box deposited in a security company in Ghana . The Amount deposited is 15.5 Million United states dollars.All I want from you, now is honesty and sincerity, as soon as this money is claimed by you, I will look for a way out and sneak out of the Philippines and travel down to meet you, So we can go into a life time partnership together,in investing this money in your country or anywhere else you prefer. I will furnish you with full details on how we shall proceed on this project as soon as i receive your reply.

Sincerely yours,
Madam Laarni E. Enriquez



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