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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 british pounds" (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: jerry_manwe@live.com
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:55:09 +0100
Subject: Investment / Treat As Urgent.


Mr. Jerry Manwe Esq.
Head of Investments/ Principal Attorney,
Stan LTD.

Re: Investment with S.LTD.

Compliments

I have found your contact email address listed on an Business Directory and
it is my wish to do business with you, hence your receipt of this letter.

The purpose of this letter is to introduce myself to you. I am Mr. Jerry
Manwe Esq.;Principal Attorney to Stan LTD. Stan LTD is a business consulting
firm, offering business advice or services worldwide. We are not a very big
company but we have recently been confronted with the task of investing
funds exceeding our capacity and have decided to seek partners to cooperate
with us in investing the available funds because we have never done business
of this nature.

We are brokering an investment venture on behalf of a client of our firm.
This venture will involve the investment of Twenty Five Million British
Pounds. We are by this letter considering entering into a partnership with
you so as to allow us invest the available funds in your country and to
appoint you as representatives and co-managers of the investment funds. We
are ready to give you a commission of 25% of the available capital as soon
as the proposed partnership between us is started.

Since we cannot determine if this email is still functional and also your
willingness to cooperate with us, we have kept this proposal brief. If you
are interested in this offer of partnership, please respond to enable us
give further information about the proposed partnership. If you have any
questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Your expedient response will be appreciated as we look forward to hearing
from you soon. Please send all email correspondence to personal email adds.

Thank you.
Mr. Jerry Manwe Esq.

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