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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "30% for you " (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.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • serena.wo231@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: serena_wong@mchsi.com (Serena Wong)
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 14:52:15 +0000
Subject: Dear Sir/madam,



--
Dear Sir/madam,

I am writing asking for your
indulgence in re-profiling funds,
which we want to keep under your
supervision.I am only contacting
you as a

foreigner because this fund
totaling ($20,500,000) cannot be
approved to a local Bank here in
Hong Kong,because the funds are
in US Dollars and

the owner of this account is
Aloysius Han, and he died since
2000 in an air crash along with
his wife & Daughter on 31/01/2000
in an Alaska

Airlines Flight 261 with other
passengers on board. You can
confirm from this website below:

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/a
laska.airlines.list/

I am proposing 30% for you if you
are interested kindly provide me
with following details.telephone
number,fax number,Full
Names,age,Country

of Origin,Residential Address.
via my email
(serena.wo231@yahoo.com.hk)

Regards,
Mrs. Serena Wong

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam