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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 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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: larry Dames <larrydames@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:41:52 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Good Day



ATTN: PLS,


MY NAMES ARE LARRY DAMES, THE ELDEST SON OF DR. RICHARD DAMES, FROM ZIMBABWE.

DURING
THE CURRENT WAR AGAINST THE FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE SUPPORTERS OF
OUR PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO CLAIM ALL THE WHITE-OWNED FARMS FOR HIS
PARTY MEMBERS AND HIS FOLLOWERS. MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
FARMERS IN OUR COUNTRY AND BECAUSE HE STRONGLY OPPOSED MUGABE'S IDEAS,
MUGABE'S SUPPORTERS INVADED MY FATHER'S FARM AND BURNT EVERYTHING IN
THE FARM, KILLING MY FATHER AND MADE AWAY WITH A LOT OF ITEMS IN MY
FATHER'S FARM.

BEFORE
HIS DEATH, MY FATHER HAD DEPOSITED WITH ONE SECURITY COMPANY IN GHANA,
THE SUM OF $12.8 MILLION DOLLARS (TWELVE POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS).
THIS MONEY HE PLANNED TO USE IN BUYING NEW MACHINERY AND TO SET UP A
NEW FARM IN SWAZILAND. AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, WE DECIDED TO
ESCAPE TO AN AFRICA COUNTRY CALLED GHANA IN WEST AFRICA, BECAUSE OF
CONTINUED HARASSMENT FROM MUGABE AND HIS SUPPORTERS.

AS
A FAMILY, WE DECIDED TO CONTACT A REPUTABLE INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL ASSIST
US TO MOVE THIS MONEY OUT OF GHANA (AFRICA) AND INVEST THE SAID SUM
INTO ANY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS VENTURE OF OUR CHOICE THAT WILL BE
PROFITABLE FOR US. YOUR ROLE IN THIS TRANSACTION, WE HAVE AGREED TO
OFFER YOU 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM, AND 5% WILL BE MAPPED OUT FOR ANY
EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION AND 70%
WILL BE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY WHICH WILL BE INVESTED IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR
AGRICULTURE OR THEREABOUT.

ALL WE WANT YOU TO DO IS TO ACT AS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY TO THE
FUND, AND TO ASSIST US CLAIM THE FUND FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY. AS
SOON AS YOU HAVE SECURED THE FUND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN
HELP US MOVE TO YOUR COUNTRY AS PERMANENT RESIDENTS. NOTE THAT THIS
TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE YOU SHOULD HOWEVER TREAT THIS TRANSACTION
WITH ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY. ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO MAKE CLAIM OF
THIS FUND ARE WITH ME AS THE NEXT OF KIN.
 
THANKS
LARRY DAMES


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