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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:

• 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)
  • "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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • gordon_hartd@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gordon hartd" <gordonhartd1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:44:41 +0000
Subject: PROPOSAL


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am making this contact with you in good faith. I got your mail address
from the Foreign Department in our Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office. I am
working with the Finance (Barclays Bank), Accra Ghana. My purpose of writing
you is to ask for your assistance to provide a virgin bank account or your
account that contains little or no money where we can successfully secure
the sum of $4.5 million (Four million five hundred thousand united state
dollars). For your information, there is one European business merchant
based here in Ghana and his name is Mr. Henson Paul, He is the owner of
Duffy, fisheries Ghana. Ltd, located a t No.125 industrial zone here in
Accra, now have been taken over by Government of Ghana because nobody came
for this company after the death of Mr. Henson Paul.

This man died in the last earth quake that occurs in China. He was banking
with my bank and I am his accounting officer. However, since the death of
Mr. Henson Paul, I have been trying to contact any of his relative in the
City of Manchester, through his address with me, to let his people know
about his money in our bank but I did not receive any response. I later
remembered that Mr. Henson Paul came to my country out of shame he was
receiving from his country because he was impotent. This secret he revealed
to me when he was alive because I pestered him to introduce his children to
me. Now I have decided to link anybody to Stand as Mr. Henson Paul next of
kin in order to claim the money he deposited here as fixed
Solid Investment since nobody knew about it. Government of my country will
pay it to Government Reserve Purse if I Should declares to them about this
fund.

Note that there is no risk Involved in this transaction, as I will give you
all information you May need about Mr. Henson Paul and his banking
relationship with my branch to enable you stand as his next of kin to
receive this money in your account.

This transaction will go through normal banking process only that you have
to stand firm as the next of kin to Mr. Henson Paul just to claim this
money. I will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this money.
Please if you are interested and capable to carry out this deal with me,
Reply immediately, I will require the following Information from you for
procession of the fund in your favor.
(1) Your private phone and fax number.
(2) Your account information where this fund will be paid into.
(3) Your home address.

I personally need your home address because I do not know you too well
before now only that I decided to work with you on trust believing God that
you will not cheat on me.

Note that we can conclude this transaction within 2 weeks upon your
compliance in applying for the claims to our Head Office, as I will direct
you. I will give you $1.5 million after we conclude this transaction. Be
duly informed that I will be resigning from this banking work to come over
to your country after the transfer of this fund to your account. I will then
engage myself in international business since I will have enough money for
any kind of business after this transaction. You need not to be afraid
because in as much as I would want my reputation protected; I would also
want yours to also be protected.

I m waiting for your urgent response for further details please reply to
this email address that follow: gordon_hartd@yahoo.com
Phone; +233248333455
Best Regards,

Dr.Gordon Hartd,

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