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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:
  • "former president of liberia" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: ogreat20002000 <ogreat20002000@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: ogburu2006@hotmail.fr
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 16:54:03 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CONTACT ME

GREAT OGBURU
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.

MY DEAR ,

PLEASE READ MY MESSAGE VERY WELL TO UNDERSTAND ME BEFORE YOU REPLY. I KNOW WE NEVER MEET BEFORE BUT I BELEIVE THAT THROUGH THIS WE SHALL COME TO KNOW EACH OTHER VERY WELL AND TRUSTING GOD I AM CONVIENCED IN MY SPIRIT TO CONTACT YOU WHEN I SAW YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.

BY INTRUDUCTION, I AM GREAT THE ONLY SON OF LATE MR. BEN
OGBURU, MY FATHER WAS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA MR CHARLES TAYLOR.
HE WAS MURDERED ON NOVEMBER LAST YEAR BY HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES. BECAUSE OF HIS DEATH, I AM NOW LIVING IN COTE D' IVOIRE . BEFORE HE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL HE CALLED ME BESIDE HIM AND TOLD ME ABOUT A VAULT HE DEPOSITED WITH A PROPERTY CARE SECURITY COMPANY IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE OUR NEIGBOURING COUNTRY.
THE VAULT CONTAINS THE SUM OF US$15.3 MILLION DOLLARS, HE WANTED TO USE THESE MONEY FOR INVESTMENT OUTSIDE MY COUNTRY WHEN PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR'S REGIME IS OVER.
HE ADVISED ME TO GO TO COTE D'IVOIRE AND STAY FOR MY LIFE SAFETY ALSO THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A GOOD FOREIGNER WHO WILL HELP ME TO RETRIEVE THE VAULT MONEY FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY IN COTE D'IVOIRE AND INVEST THE MONEY WISELY OUTSIDE LIBERIA TO AVOID BEEN KILLED BY HIS ENEMIES.
THIS IS WHY I AM WRITTING YOU TO HELP ME CLAIM THE VAULT FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY AND ASSIST ME MANNAGE THE FUND IN GOOD INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.

ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TRUST AND COOPERATION IN THIS MATTER.
PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MORE EXPLANATIONS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

GREAT OGBURU



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