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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: john kamara <john_ab2010@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:52:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgent reply


hello good friend

First I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction
and I pray that my contacting you will be given genuine approval
considering the fact that we don't know each other before. I wish to use this
opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am john kamara, I am
writing to inform you of my desire to invest, and to buy a house in your
country.
I am the first son of Joseph kamara who was the former Diamond
Board Director of Sierra-Leone .my father was attacked by the R U F
rebels on his way to Lucia a northern part of Sierra-Leone and my father
sustained injuries and he died three days later.
Before he died he revealed to me about the two boxes containing $50
million US dollars. Which he deposited with a security company in Ghana
for safe keeping. My father did not disclose the content of the boxes
to the security company. To avoid the officials from raising eye brows.
Presently i am here in Ghana to notify the security company of
the claims, and i am staying in the refugee camp.
Therefore i want you to lecture me on how best we can invest this
money in your country, because my father told me that it is dangerous
to invest in Africa to avoid suspicions, and due to market instabilities
coupled with economic and political situation facing Africa, for your
assistance my self and my brother have agreed to offer you 20% of the
total amount of the money as your commision.
i have all the vital documents covering the deposit and the
ownership which I can send to you.
Note, I have never disclosed this transaction to anybody apart from
you. So please keep it very very confidential.
Best regards.
john kamara

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