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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)
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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)
  • "keep this confidential" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: musa mdsodiy <mdsodiy209@msn.com>
Reply-To: <musa.abdulla2008@live.fr>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:20:08 +0000
Subject: SEEKING HELP FROM GAZA WAR/MUSA ABDULLA.



Dear Friend,

How are you today.I found your contact particulars in the microsoft E-mail address guide, Please take this seriously as I desperately needed an urgent help to do this deal. I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of $20.5m {TWEENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS ONLY } to you; as far as I can be assured that my money will be safe in your care For investment until I return to Your Country. the war at Gaza Made me disable at the moment iam undergoing treament.
I am a loan officer in Gaza Strip and operates a micro finance house here in Gaza. I have managed to move the above figure with the help of a Burkinafaso Contact working here in Gaza, at Southern Burkinafaso fortified green zone, whose office enjoys some immunity, I was able to get the package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. Meanwhile, i have lost alot of properties,including cash worth millions of dollars here in Gaza to the Isreali's destructive attack on Gaza Strip. Please i want you to do all you can to assist me.
I have now found a much secured way of getting the package out of Gaza to you for you to pick it up. With the help of the french diplomatic flight, i was able to move the funds to another country here in Asia. I want you to make a trip to the country in Asia to help me move this money to your country home for safe keeping. Also,tell me how much you will take from this money for the assistance you will give to me.
One passionate appeal I will make to you is to keep this confidential until i return to your country to get myself relieved of this disastrous shock. Meanwhile, subject to your acceptance, you have to furnish me with your contact information below when replying this mail via
Your names ..................
Your resident address........
Your country name............
Your occupation..............
Your tel/cell number.........
Your age/sex.................
Your company name if any.....

Sincerely yours,
Mr. Musa Abdulla

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