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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:
  • "account in your country or any safer place" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",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)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <dr_morise_roberts@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:41:12 +0000
Subject: Greetings from Dr Morise




Greetings from Dr Morise
Sir,
I am Morise the son of late Mr. Justine Roberts and I saw your profile in the internet, and I decided to contact you as a capable hand that can help me in getting back the money which my father deposited in the bank and I am the only child of my mother and she died some years ago before my father died three years back. My father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board libber
He was assassinated by the rebels following the political uprising. Before his death he made a deposit of $30,000,000.00 (Thirty Million U S Dollars) .This fund he intended to buy a cocoa processing machine.
I want you to help me to retrieve this fund and put it to your account in your country or any safer place as you will be the beneficiary and recipient of the fund. I discovered that if this money is not transferred out urgently. it will be forfeited for nothing. Please respond immediately.
l am a graduate of vet nary medicine, I have plans of investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production. This is my reason for writing to you.
Please I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished.

Regards
Dr Morise Roberts

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