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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:
  • ",500,000" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM_REVEREND_FaTHER_fredric__william?=" <williams.fank@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:10:16 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?GOOD_DAY,?=


GOOD DAY,
I' M REVEREND FaTHER Fredric William. FROM ST.JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM.
IT'S VERY PATHETIC THAT WE LOST REV.FATHER JOE-BONO OF ST.JUDE CATHOLIC
CHURCH LONDON. LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO IS AN AMERICAN AND ALSO AN ORPHAN BUT NATIONALISED HERE IN ST.JUDE CATHOLIC LONDON UNITED KINGDOM.
LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO DIED ON 5TH SEPTEMBER 2007 AND BEFORE HE DIED,HE
MADE A WILL.I' M GLAD TO INFORM YOU THAT LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE YOU
THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL A SUM OF $6,500,000.00 THROUGH YOUR E-MAIL
ADDRESS.

YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING HOW LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE YOU THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL.LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE A RANDOM SAMPLING OF
TEN PEOPLE E-MAIL ADDRESSES BY THE HELP OF MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL FIRM AND AMONG THE TEN PEOPLE E-MAIL ADDRESSES,YOURS CAME OUT AS A
DRAW AND THIS IS HOW LATE REV.FATHER JOE-BONO MADE YOU THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS WILL.

FORWARD THE DETAILS BELOW TO ME SO THAT I CAN FORWARD IT TO
THE BARCLAYSBANK PLC LONDON FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS.
1,FULL NAME.2,CONTACT ADDRESS.3,COUNTRY.4,AGE AND
OCCUPATION.5,PRIVATE
PHONE NUMBER.

I AWAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY.
BEST REGARDS & GOD BLESS YOU.
REVEREND FaTHER fredric william.
CONTACT ME VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL.(fredric_kwilliam@ymail.com)


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
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