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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Martin Hinz <sarah80_80@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: martinhinz79@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:01:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dr Martin Hinz


From the Desk of Dr Martin Hinz,
Chairman Presidential Taskforce on Airport De Congestion Committee,
Heathrow International Airport
London, United Kingdom
=A0
Attention:=20
=A0
My name is Martin Hinz, am a foreign worker here in London, United Kingdom.=
=A0 I want to seek your assistant for an urgent business transaction, Subse=
quent to a bipartite meeting held on the 17th June 2008 at the presidential=
villa it was unanimously agreed that a committee be put in place to ensure=
the release of all abandoned and unclaimed consignments boxes at the heath=
row=A0 International Airport Warehouse.=20
=A0
This is as a result of several petition from individual, co-operate bodies =
and the international community on the failure to receive their various goo=
ds from the Airport warehouse, From my record there is 1 Metallic Trunk Box=
tagged (Bent Dudley), This consignment was scanned and content was 10.5 Mi=
llion Euro( Ten Million, Five Hundred thousand Euro ). The beneficiary of t=
his consignment was abandoned by diplomatic officers who could not make the=
Delivery.
=A0
I hereby want to seek your consent to present you as the beneficiary of thi=
s consignment so that it can be delivered to you as the beneficiary next of=
kin. I will hereby offer you 40% for your kind assistance while I take 50%=
and 10% will be set aside for any expenses incurs by both parties during t=
he execution of this transaction=20
=A0
I am prepare to arrange for a DIPLOMATIC LIFTING COMPANY to deliver this co=
nsignment to you at your doorstep there in your country.
=A0
If you are interested, kindly forward to me as below: martinhinz79@yahoo.co=
.uk
=A0=20
=A0
Name:
Country:
Telephone number
Occupation
Residential or Delivery address.=20
=A0
I will be waiting for your urgent response.
Dr Martin Hinz=0A=0A=0A

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