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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states 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)
  • "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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mrs_dora_williams@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS.DORATH WILLIAMS" <DORA.WILLIAMS@web.de>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:14:40 +0200
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION DEAR FRIEND




Dear Sir,

Permit me to inform you of my desire to do business with you .First of all, I will be impress to introduce myself to you,I am a 35 year old business woman from Sierra Loene in west Africa.I elate to inform you that I inherited a total sum of $31 million Us dollars ( Thirty one million United States dollars) from my late husband chief Tonnie Williams, a gold and diamond dealer who was murdered early last three year by the former Liberian president Mr Charles Taylor over the dispute in their diamond and gold deal.

This money which is concealled in a computerised suitcase is deposited in a safe deposit company here in Cotonou, Republic of Benin where I am presently taking refuge with my two kids as family treasure not money for security reason.That is to say that the deposit company does not know that the suitcase contain money.

This was done under a high powered government conection because the Formal president of this country Mr Mathieu kerekou is a family friend. your assistance is now sought in the transfer of this money to your country for investment into any lucrative business of your choice.By this mail, you are requested to visit me here for familiarisation and to enable us arrange on how to get this suitcase out from the deposit company and transfer this money into your account in your country after which I will go back with you.But if you can not come down here, the director of the deposit company can arrange and bring it to you in your country under their diplomatic coverage system just the same way it was brought from my country to this place.

You will be required to send me your pic to enable me know the person that I am dealing with.I will send mine soon as i receives yours.

You will also be required to send to my lawyer, a copy of your international passport or company registration certificate if any to enable him prepare an agreement for us. For rendering this service, you will be highly compensated, a situation that will be discussed later. I want you to take this transaction very serious because it will benefit you.I will later tell you why I reposed this trust and confidence in you, a person I have not met before, we must act fast because it cost me $100 daily as demurage to the deposit company keeping this suitcase and the earlier we remove it from there the better for us. E-MAIL ME THROUGH THIS BOX; mrs_dora_williams@yahoo.com [mailto:mrs_dora_williams@yahoo.com]

God bless.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs Dorath Williams.





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