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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ahmed Musa" <ahmedxmusa3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ahmedmusa00@sify.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:44:17 +0200
Subject: I am Ahmed Musa from Darfur Sudan.


Hello,

I am Ahmed Musa from Darfur Sudan.It is my pleasure to contact you for a
business venture which I intend to establish in your country.Though I have
not met with you before but considering the recent political instabilities
in my country - Sudan, I believe one has to risk confiding success in people
sometimes in life.

There is this huge amount of Ten million U.S dollars ($10,000,000.00) which
my late Father deposited in Burkina Faso,awaiting claim before he was
assassinated by unknown persons during this present war in our province of
Dafur in Sudan.

My main purpose of sending you this E-mail is because of the way I found you
and perhaps trustworthy to give you this priority of shipping this
consignment to any address that you think is very secure and safe in your
country. Presently, the consignment has been shipped to the Finance Firm
affiliate office in SPAIN for further claim. There is need for urgent action
because the consignment is accruing charges per day as demurrage to the
Finance Firm for safekeeping.

Please i will like you to contact the Finance Firm, indicating to the
Finance Firm that you are authorize by me,to call as the foreign business
Associate of my late father to make inquires on how the consignment could be
shipped to your destination. I thank you immensely for your co-operation and
understanding.

Please, read more on the news. www.savedarfur.org

Best Regard,
Ahmed Musa.

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