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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:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "kalon mane" <kalonmane18@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kalon_mane15@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 23:37:36 +0100
Subject: Diamond for assistance needed....

Dear Friend,
Please bear with me for sending this letter to you
surprisingly. My name is Mr Kalon Mane, a young man
originally from Liberia in west Africa.

My sole purpose of contacting you is for you to assist
me in selling in your country or elsewhere of my rough
(uncutted) diamonds which weighs 14,220 carats,from
(3-45 carats),(3kg gross)on the scale,("H"VS-1
quality), all rough and worths about(US$8Million).

I shall map out 10% of the sales proceeds to you for
your kind assistance. And 3% will be maped out for any
misscelenous expenses that might occur during the
process of transfering the diamonds from here to your
country.

The diamonds was deposited by my late father in a
holding firm here in Dakar-Senegal, and it is waiting
for my order to be transfered as I am the "NEXT OF
KIN" to the deposit as it is indicated in all the
depositional documents which i can send to you on
request.

Please indicate your acceptance to this business
proposal by sending to me your contact phone and fax
numnbers for our verbal communication.
Hoping to hear from you soonest.And until then, i
remain with the best of my regards to you.

God bless.
Yours truly
Kalon Mane.

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