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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Moore Collins <drmoore.c88@msn.com>
Reply-To: <drmoore.collins1@live.fr>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:29:40 +0000
Subject: REQUEST FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY




REQUEST FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY
FROM Dr.MOORE COLLINSBp 82 ZANGOTE YENUGUA 02 4587 BANK OF AFRICA.(BOA)OUAGADOUGOU 02 BURKINA-FASO WEST AFRICA.
Reply me here please.Email: drmoore.collins1@live.fr Dear Friend, I am Dr. Moore Collins, Director Auditing & Accounting unit of a bank here in Burkina-Faso West Africa (name Withheld for security reasons). I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds US$11.5M (ELEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED-STATES DOLLARS) of one of my bank client who died along with his entire family on 31st July 2000 in a plane crash. You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on this web site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Hence,i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 60/40 If you agree to my business proposal.further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i recieve your return mail. have a great day.yours,Dr. Moore Collins Send your Reply to my new email address.Email: drmoore.collins1@live.fr

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