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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 us 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Regina Dagou <reginadagou@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:11:49 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GOOD MORNING


Hello, I am MNE DAGOU REGINA, the director of the operations financial
in a commercial bank here in D' DIMENSION; IVORY. j' have one
confidential financial proposal to make you. A sum floating of $10.850
million US dollars) pertaining to late customer of which the name n'
was not identified and was noted not asserted in our audited and files.
In so much qu' one of the principal leaders of bank, I am obliged to
inform you, that I am with research d' a person with which we can free
this melt. I you thus ask d' to accept d' to be the close relative and
to assert them funds. In general, in these cases d' species the funds
are confiscated with treasure of the government as not asserted funds.
According to government after a certain period, with less qu' they are
asserted in a pressing way by a close relative of the late one. I would
like that these melt are transferred in your bank account as a close
relative from the late customer and that thereafter us let us carry out
an equal share of 50 50%, j' need your assistance in all honesty and I
promise to you that you will not run any risk because my position
within the bank enables me to cover n' import which risk and moreover I
am the only person has to supervise this transaction. J' made all the
checks concerning this arrangement so that its execution is clean and
succeeds in a fast way, Therefore it n' there has no risk.. Will please
treat this letter with more great urgency and possible discretion.
Receive my best greetings.
 CORDIALLY. MNE DAGOU REGINA

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