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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:
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031911747 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Wong S George" <mrwongs.g224@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrwong60bc@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:04:27 -0700
Subject: ROM: MR. GEORGE S. WONG & MR. MILTEER ADRIAN.


ROM: MR. GEORGE S. WONG & MR. MILTEER ADRIAN.

Attn: Sir,

Our names is Mr. George S Wong & Mr. Milteer Adrian we work with ABC SERVICE
a sister company to a muti-national finance company based here in the
London-U.K and I am an American citizen. I have a business proposition of
Fourty Eight million, Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars
($48,600,000.00) for you to handle with me from my financial Desk.

We will need you to assist us in executing this business project and
consequently invest the money in your country. We would like to see this
money moved to your country for immediate investment and the proceeds of our
investment would be shared equally between us.

We need to know if you will be able to handle a business transaction
involving this amount of money after, which we will go into details to
explain the simple detail of realizing this objective without delays. Should
you be interested please reconfirm your names in full, private phone/ fax
and contact address.

YOU WILL RECEIVE THE DUE AMOUNT THROUGH OUR FIDUCIARY's AGENT IN COUNTRY.

Kind Regards,
MR. GEORGE S. WONG.
MR. MILTEER ADRIAN.
MUTI-NATIONAL FINANCE COMPANY.
Tel: +44 703 1911 747.

Anti-fraud resources:

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