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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:
  • ",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)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "ABDUL HADI" <abdulh1@amele.com>
Reply-To: abdulyh@y7mail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:38:50 +0000
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT


Dear Good Friend,


I assumed you are in good health with your family.


I am Mr. ABDUL Y. HADI, I work as the Foreign Operations Manager with the
African Development Bank Group here in Burkina Faso. Although the world is
very small place and hard place to meet people, but as I have developed the
trust on you after my a week fasting and praying, i made up my mind to
confide this confidential business suggestion to you.


There is an over due unclaimed sum of SIXTEEN MILLION EUROS (€16,000,000.00)
in my bank, belonging to one of our dead foreign customers. There were no
beneficiaries stated concerning these funds. Therefore, your request as a
foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and release of the fund
smoothly into your reliable bank account as the as the Foreign Business
Partner to the deceased.


On the transfer of this fund in your account, you will take 35%
{€5,600,000.00} as your share from the total fund and 5% {€800,000.00} will
be used to set up motherless babaies and charity organistaion home in your
country for the purpose of assisting the helpless to meet up with their
stars and talents in the mordern world race today.


Please if you are really sure of your trustworthy, integerity,
accountability and confidentiality on this deal, contact me with your
profiles inclusing private telephone (Mobile) number for easy communication.


I am looking forward to read from you soonest.


Yours faithfully,


Mr. ABDUL Y. HADI
Operations Manager

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