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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)
  • "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. )
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 Stephanie George <stephaniege35@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: stephaniege1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:41:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Atten: President/CEO.


Atten: President/CEO.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I got your contact through the website when I was searching for a reliable and trust worthy foreign partner whom I can liase nor work with. My name are Mrs. Stephanie Vincent George, I am the wife to late Mr.Vincent George former Assistance financial adviser to the Late President of Congo Democratic Republic Mr.Laurent Kabilla.

Before the president was assassinated on Tuesday, the 16th January 2001, there was a huge amount of money which he was to move out to Belgium up to the tone of Fouty Five million United States Dollar(USD45,000,000.00).

It was a result of his constant moving of the Country's funds outside the country that resulted to his death. Some of the official who knew of this said amount planned his assassination. They did not want to overthrow the government, they only wanted him to
die so that they can pick up the money. I can not say for now the level of involvement of his son who is now the president in the whole set up.

A day before the assassination of the president, my late husband instructed me to move to Yaounde Cameroun with the two boxes containing the funds to wait for him so that we could go to Belgium where he was supposed to lodge in the money into his account after the meeting, which was slated for 17.01.01.

The day he was to leave for the meeting, he was assassinated with the intention that the money was in his possession. They never knew I had earlier left with the money in question. Soon as I heard of his assassination, and that he did not disclose the whereabouts of the money, I decided to change the position of both the money and myself to Republic of Togo, Lome, the capital of Republic of Togo in West Africa.

The two boxes containing the money is now deposited with a Security Company in Togo and registered with a change of ownership agreement with An American Business Tycon.
Anybody who help me to move this money out of Africa will help me to invest it on Real Estate and any other business venture.

I humbly crave your indulgence to assist me in moving this money out of Africa for security reasons.

Treat as urgent i am presently in Cambodia due to political instability since the death of My late husband and the president Laurent Kabila.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Stephanie vincent George.


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