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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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Nelson Makala" <makala01@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: makalanelson1000@live.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:55:51 +0800
Subject: THANKS, FROM MR. NELSON


Dear Sir/Madam,


I am writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense
benefit to both of us. I am manager of one of the leading bank in South
Africa
in my department we discovered an abandoned large sum of money US$14.7M
(Fourteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) belonging to
one of our Foreign Costumer Dr. George Brumley an American Nationality, a
businessman, who involved in air crash along with his family, before his
death,
he has a account balance with my bank to the tune of ($14.7m,) an American
Nationality, a businessman, who involved in air crash along with his family.
You can confirm from the website below.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html


I am seeking for your Co-operation to present you as the beneficiary to our
late Customer. No beneficiary, No other person knows about these funds
neither
operate this account since his death. The Strategy is to use our influence
as
managers of the bank to approve you as the beneficiary and release the funds
over to you, and if we do not remit this money out urgently it would be
forfeited or confiscated to the Government as unserviceable funds (Dormant
account).


I want to assure you that we have concluded all local modalities for the
successful completion of this within 10 to 14 banking days of your agreement
to proceed with me. However as a result of the urgency and time being of the
essence in this transaction, I will appreciate you forward to me the
following
information?s if you are interested in this transaction.



1 Your direct confidential telephone, mobile phone and direct confidential
fax
numbers
2 Your full names
3 Your Age
4 House address/company address if any.
5 Occupation/profession.
6 Marital status



NOTE: You will be required to
(1) Assist in the transfer of the said funds
(2) Advise on lucrative areas of investment in your country
(3) Assist us in purchase of properties.



Please if you are interested, kindly get back to me as soon as possible and
I
will provide you all necessary informations you need to proceed? I await
your
urgent reply as soon as possible.


Yours Sincerely.

Mr. Nelson Makala

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