ChatterBank1 min ago
spam -lottery & money out of country
I am getting a load of mails which either announce that I have won a lottery prize, or that someone needs my help to get money out of an African country in return for �millions.
I obviously delete them but I am curious as to what they get out of it - live email addresses? How does the scam work?
Anyone know
Thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Join the club> they can send out millions and millions of emails at no cost to them selves and if .001% of them get a response they're rich.
How it works is that you have to pay money up front (to release document - bribe official - pay bank fees whatever).
Its known as a 'advance fee fraud' or a '419' scam after article 419 of the Nigerian law, as many of the origianl scams originated in Nigeria.
See http://www.419eater.com/html/419faq.htm or google on 419 scam
Some people make a hobby of leading the scammers on. See http://www.scambuster419.co.uk/ for a series of hilarious letters between scammers and their intended victim who leads them a merry dance.
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