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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:
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "mustaph89 Gazeta.pl" <mustaph89@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:46:22 +0100
Subject: I need your help.


Good Day,
Please Read and get back to me for more details.
My name is Amir Mustaph I'm the credit officer in International Remittance
Department/B.O.A/,Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
I have a business proposal in the tune of £5.2m, (Five Million two hundred
Thousand Pounds only) after the successful transfer; we shall share in
ratio of 40% for you and 60% for me. Should you be interested, please
contact me so we can commence on all arrangements and I Will give you more
information on how we would handle this project.
Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the
Following information:
(1) Full names:
(2) Private phone number:
(3) Current residential address:
(4) Occupation:
(5) Age and Sex:
Kind Regards,
Mr. Amir Mustaph

Anti-fraud resources:

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