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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Morris Abbas" <morrisabas@legwork.com.ng>
Reply-To: morrisabbas@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:12:34 +0600
Subject: Proposal To You!!!


*Dear Sir/Madam,

I will shortly introduce myself to you for a business proposal with you. I
am Mr. Morris Abbas. A son of Late Mr Solomon Abbas, an oil consultant based
in Europe. On a faithful day 20th August, 2007, My father and the entire
family members left Europe to SA. When we boarded car from Nteze to Nkwele
our home town, on our way back home we had a ghastly auto crash, that
claimed the lives of my mother and other of my siblings instantly, while I
was unconscious and my father in coma. He eventually recovered from coma, So
on our hospital bed my father told me of the money he had in Europe worth
$25millon, in a security safe deposit vault, also handed me over the deposit
documents, before he later died. My extended family here abandoned me in
hospital after the death of my father when they realized that the money my
father came back with had been spent on hospital bills. I am currently
living on the charity of the church. I was later discharged as a disabled
person. I have no money with which to sponsor any one here to undertake the
trip for me to Europe to recover the money. I need your help to collect this
money in the security company in Europe or to arrange with the company to
deliver the consignment to your country. Can I count on your help? My father
told me that the reason for leaving the money there was because of political
and Economic climate in SA that is fear of Government seizure. So he cannot
bring in this money into SA to avoid seizing the money by the Government.

Please I need your strong assurance in this transaction. Therefore if you
are interested to assist me do reply urgently so that I will funish you with
the documents, So you can contact the company immediately. For your help,
you will keep 35% of the total money for your self and 10% will be kept for
any expenses and keep 55% for me in safe custody until I travel meet you.
After collecting the money from the security company, you send me some money
from my share to enable me prepare my papers to come over to your country.
Also to assist me in investing the money into real Estate Properties. Please
if you agree to assist me reply by giving me the following information;

1. Your Phone and Fax Numbers, Including Mobile.
2. Your Confidential Email Address.
Thanks for your kindness; I am waiting to hear from you.

Warmest Response
Mr. Morris Abbas*
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