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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "jeromeubana04 Gazeta.pl" <jeromeubana04@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: jeromeubana@gazeta.pl
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:08:34 +0000
Subject: mutual understanding


dear friend,
I am mr jerome ubana,the Auditing and Accounting section manager with
African Development Bank,Ouagadougou Burkina faso.and I am very delighted to
contact you on this urgent and confidential transaction, believing you will
not betray the trust and confidence which I put before you.
I need you, being a foreigner to become the inheritor of a long time
abandoned account here in our bank,with credit deposit of ($39.5)million.
the owner was a deceased foreign investor who died along with his supposed
next of kin in an air crash since 31st October 1999. I don't want the money
to go into government treasury as an abandoned fund.
as soon as I receive your reply, I will give you full details,and how the
business will be executed.
also note that you will have 30% of the above mentioned sum, if you are in
position and agree to handle this business with me.
THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE.
MR JEROME UBANA.

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