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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • okoro_mark2006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "OKORO MARK" <okoro_mark2006@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:33:15 -0800
Subject: INVESTMENT ASSISTANT AND PARTNERSHIP


FROM THE DESK OF OKORO MARK
WEST AFRICA(SEIRRA_LEONE)
okoro_mark2006@yahoo.co.uk
CONTACT:008821641110957
GOOD DAY, MY DEAR
This letter was borne out of my sincere desire to establish a partnership relationWith you. I got your contact through an international trade and comerce.My name is OKORO MARK.The son of late Governor general Christopher Okoro Cole in Seirra_leone.My father died and left behind large sum of money( 6.5 million dullars ) which he wanted to invest out of Africa.He didnt want to invest it in Africa because of the political stability and civil wars in Seirra_Leone unfortunately he died without investing the money,as the first son he had,on his dieing bed he order me never to invest this fund in Africa,and that if i do,the investment will one day be destroy and i and my family will live to suffer.
Due to the death of my Mother and the return of peace in Sierra-Leone, I have decided to look for the participation of an honest and trustworthy person or company that will assist me in investing the fund in his country if only the country is secured and good for investment .I cannot do it alone due to my present social status and total ignorance of the business world. I shall also give you 20% of the funds for your assistance to relocate this fund to your country and for re-investment.
If you are interested in the above proposal, contact me immediately through my mail for a meeting so that we can meet face to face and discuss in details. You must maintain absolute confidentiality to ensure success. Please indicate your personal phone/fax numbers ,country location and country of origin when replying by mail.
Best Regard
God Bless you
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