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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)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: nanaguei@zadarma.com
Reply-To: nanaguei.guei@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:52:16 +0300
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTED !!!


Dear Friend,I am Nana Guei, the son of the former Ivory Coast president Late
General Robert Guei, before the assassination of my father he deposited the
sum of $25m US dollars in a Security Company in Accra Ghana.   They
have invited me for the collection of the fund, so I want to present you as my
late fathers foreign business partner associate for the collection of the
fund, do your visibility study on how to trade with the fund in a lucrative
and profitable investment in any part of the world.  I have contacted a
lawyer in Accra Ghana here who will do the change of beneficiary and power of
attorney on your name as a foreign business partner associate of my late 
father, This will enable you to relate directly to the director of the company
for the release of the consignment before your arrival. Keep me updated
on your arrival to Ghana to enable us meet the chairman of the company for the
collection of the fund in cash, Please send me your telephone number for easy
communications.  Regards,Nana Guei.
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