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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:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "morgan morganjerry" <book444@gala.net>
Reply-To: morganjerry34@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:17:25 -0700
Subject: urgent reply.....


Attention,

Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business
or personal ethics.

I will first introduce myself as Dr.MORGAN, a staff in the Private Clients
Section of a well-known bank,here in London, England.

One of our accounts, with holding balance of 500,000,000 (Five hundred
Million Pounds Sterling)has been dormant and last operated some years ago.

>From my investigations and confirmation,the owner of the said account, a
foreigner who died on Wednesday, July 13, 2005; Posted: 1:02 p.m.
EDT(17:02GMT).

He was among by London bomb victims identified.You can go through the
website,

WWW.CNN.COM/LONDONTERROR

Since then, nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money,
as he has no family member that has any knowledge as to the existence of
either the account or the funds; and also Information from the National
Immigration also states that he was single on entry into the UK.

This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is
legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any
other illegal act and also I am going to secure all the legal documents that
will acompany the fund to your account to prove that the fund is an
inheritance fund,you should also know that inheritance fund dose not
prohibited in any Country once the beneficiary have all the legal documents
to prove the legality of the fund.

On your interest, Let me hear from you urgently.

Worm regards

Dr Morgan jerry.

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