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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states 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)
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "offshore account" (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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Andaniy=20Prince?= <andaniyprince0@yahoo.com.ve>
Reply-To: andaniy0x@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:05:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: i wait for your response


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:andaniyprince0@yahoo.com.ve

i wait for your response

- Good Day my dear friend,With due respect,I wish to request for your assistance in a financial transaction, I decided to contact you, based on a certain issue that is of paramount importance to me. But most importantly, I want you to show your credibility promise that you will be honest and trustworthy to me during my relationship with you, I am, until recently, a first year medical student at the university of Ghana, West Africa , Gold coast.On the 27th of November 2002, in my home town YENDI CAPITAL DAGBON, NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA, some unknown mobs attacked and brutal murdering in my family home with the killing of both uncles and aunts including my sister and my brothers most especially my father who was the key target, king or" Lion" of Dagbon, Ya-Naa, YAKUBU ANDANI 11.WELLYOU CAN FIND OUT BY YOURSELF THROUGH (TELL MAGAZINE AFRICA) of march 29th 2002 Edition search event on the (regicide in dagbon region of Ghana and the attack in the Ya-Naa Yakubu Andani's palace. fortunately for me, I was at school when the attack took place.I equally lost my only sister to the" ABUDU MOBS". When I got home for the remains of my parents, I discovered a document indicating that my late father had deposited $16.7 Million united states dollars (Sixteen Million Seven hundred thousand US dollars) in a saving house security firm here in my country Ghana. This money, according to the document, was meant for the building of an ultra modern hospital for me by my late father, when I complete my studies.Upon the discovering I kept it intact for the benefit and the safer of my life to make claims for the mentioned money as the only surviving next of kin to my father. But deliberately, I have decided to keep all my uncles and aunts out of the issue, as none of them will be happy to know I am in possession of this money and decided to invest it with you in your country. I have succeeded in making the people at the security company to believe that I am the next of kin and all the documents related to it are now with me. I do not know what to do with it but I have decided to contact you to seek your assistance in helping me to take it out to your country or through your offshore account and help me to come to your country to continue my education, so that you will help to get the money invested until such a time that I will be ready to be in need of it.I am really desperate as I am left alone now in this world. Most importantly, I seriously appeal that you maintain high level of secrecy and confidentiality with the whole transaction. Thanks and may God bless and guide you. more detail await your urgent response.PRINCE ABU YANAA ANDANI: NB: I HAVE THE DEPOSIT DOCUMENTS THAT WAS ISSUED TO MY LATE FATHER BY THE SAVING HOUSE SECURITY COMPANY IN MY POSSESSION. IF YOU NEED TO HAVE A LOOK AT THEM, PLEASE DO REPLY AS URGENT WITH INTEREST OF ASSISTING ME.Please, use only this email address for the confidentiality with this very transaction. I'm honorably seeking your assistance in these following Areas.(1) To help in providing a offshore bank account where this money will be kept, immediately after retrieving it from the security company.(2) To stand as the guardian of this fund, since I am still too young to handle such amount of money on my own.

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