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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million 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)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.Rime Suleman. <rime_suleman22@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rimesuleman11@indiatimes.com
Date: 31 Mar 2009 12:00:28 +0200
Subject: LETTER

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




Dear Sir,



It is my pleasure to contact you for an assistance, I need your help. I know that this will be a surprise to you but all I stated are plain facts.



I am Mr.Rime Suleman, the manager in charge of allocation of petroleum products to foreign dealers, under the Nigerian oil and gas corporation.I have been able to save a total sum of 35.5 million dollars which was not recorded or entered into the financial statement of the corporation.



I want you to help me and act as one of the foreign dealers who remitted this sum for the allocation and supply of crude oil which the allocation and supply was not carried out, you will then ask for the refund and transfer back of the money to you.



I shall give you 25% when this fund is transfered into your account and 10% will be for both internal and external expenditures.please feel free as there is no risk involved in this because the process of this transfer will still pass through me, the process and the transfer is legal and will pass through every legal means required.



if my request is accepted by you, respond by sending your telephone and fax numbers to me so that we can discuss.I shall normalise and put in place all the requirements in respect of this transfer before you apply.Note, my own share will be invested in your country under your supervision as no cent will be invested here to avoid been suspected and probe.



Iam looking forward to hear from you.



Regards

Mr. Rime Suleman.

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