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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:
  • "million 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)
  • ",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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: patrickyamac01@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:25:32 +0800 (CST)
Subject: From Patrick Yamac


>From Patrick Yamac

Good Day

I am Patrick Yamac from Angola Africa, my late father Mr. Mathew Yamac. died months ago in my country, he was one of the richest gold dealer in my country, and before his death he called me and open up to me that he has some cash of America dollars which he deposited with one bank in Abidjan cote d'ivoire west Africa, I want you to help me and my sick mother to stand in the bank as my late father's foreign business associate to enable the bank transfer the money into your account and also to take my sick mother to a good hospital for better treatment of her illness, you will help us to invest this money ($9,000,000.00 million dollars) in a very good business in your country.

I want you to know that we have contacted you based on trust to help us and your help will not be in vain, she is in the hospital right now with pains, I wait for your urgent reply if you are willing to assist us so that i will let you know how to contact the bank here for the transfer.

God bless you,

Patrick Yamac.

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