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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)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "danielwilliams2 Gazeta.pl" <danielwilliams2@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: danielwilliams.gh@live.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:03:47 +0100
Subject: Assist me please


*Dear Friend,

I am Daniel Williams from Sudan writing you from Ghana , I believe by
God's grace I got your contact in confidence after asking for God's
directions; Despite I never disclose why I needed your contact to any body.
I wish to know if you can assist us in by removing and handling both our
fund of FIVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS)US.$5.200.000.00.and
invest Presently in your land of business, the fund and gold is still in the
Security Company, where my late father deposited it for safe keeping and my
father never disclosed the content to the Security Company, he only declared
it as "personal/family treasure" because he donor want the company to know
the content of the box's.

Since you are involved in associated business in your country, I and my
sister will love if we will invest our fund in your business and you help us
look for a buyer of GOLD over there, because we do not know any body
overseas, and we don' t want to do anything here in Africa.
I and my sister are in need of a God fearing person who will assist us very
well in this fund that we are about to invest overseas, where we will invest
it properly with the person's advice. Actually I do not want involvement of
any African because of our safety; they killed my parents because of his
money.

If you can assist us receive this fund, kindly send to me your phone number
with fax, and your full name and address for us to get you approved as our
beneficiary, because we want to finalize this in five or six days from
today. Please let me know if you are interested to assist us so that I will
send to you phone number of the lawyer for you to call him and discuss on
the percentage.

Yours faithfully,
Daniel Williams.
+233-243-428-877
*

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