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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:
  • "the consignment" (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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <guypatricelumumba@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 19:30:01 +0000
Subject: Reply



Hello, My name is Guy-Patrice Lumumba, the first son of the late Prime Minister, Patrice Émery Lumumba of Republic of Congo and I am here in Ghana for political Asylum to secure my life so that I will not be fool of political victim the same way my late father was killed. I need your assistance as a foreign partner to help me invest my funds since I was not opportuned to get to my desired position in my country. Any way to avoid information that will lead to confiscating the funds in question, I decided to ship the funds to Florida USA, on the return of your mail I will forward to you the documentation covering the consignments and the relevant contact information of the shipper in USA since my passport was seized by Congolese National Security and I can not travel outside Africa but I can delegate you as my family foreign partner to receive the funds on my behalf. On the return of your mail, I would introduce to you the shipping company operations manager the same man who assisted me getting the consignments sent out from Ghana, although the company does not know the true contents of the boxes because I registered the consignment as personal effect. Remember the transaction remains confidential. The content of the boxes is $60million each and the two boxes is $120 million USD, kindly indicate your preferred percentage as you are going to receive the consignments and help me to invest in a profitable venture especially now that most of the countries in the world are facing financial crisis. We shall purchase houses to re-sell later which might be profitable, Please advice. As the next of kin to the family, I ensure to invest wisely for the property of the Lumumba's family since I am the legal next-of-kin of the family. You can click on this website for further details of my late father:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Lumumba I am looking forward to hear from you. God bless you,Guy-Patrice Lumumba

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