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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:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "% has been mapped out to cover" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • sandrabrown4u@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sandra Brown" <brownsandra3@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 14:32:58 -0500
Subject: GREETINGS FROM SANDRA BROWN

FROM SANDRA BROWN
C/O: REFUGEE CAMP,
ACCRA GHANA,
WEST AFRICA.
PLEASE REPLY TO EMAIL(sandrabrown4u@yahoo.com)

Dear Beloved,
I got your contact address in my search for a reliable person for
partnership and investments overseas. I also believe that you will not
betray the trust and confidence I am about to establish with you. I have
decided to contact you with greatest delight and personal respect. But
before I proceed, I would like to introduce myself to you. I am Miss Sandra
Brown; I am a Liberian refugee living in Ghana because of the war in my
country. I am the only daughter of late Dr. Allen Brown. I have 2 brothers
who all died during the war in my country Liberia together with my sweet
loving mother. (May her soul rest in perfect peace-Amen). My late father was
the former Director of finance Liberia Diamond and Mining Corporation. Few
days before the death of my father, he confided in me and ordered me to go
to his underground safe and move out immediately, with a Deposit Agreement
and Cash Receipt he made with a FINANCE AND SECURITY COMPANY in Accra Ghana
where he deposited the sum of USD$15, 200,000 {Fifteen Million, Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars). My father made this money from the sells of Gold and
Diamond and he have already decided to use this money for future investment
of the family. Thereafter, I rushed down to Ghana with these two documents
and confirmed the deposit of the fund by my father. Also, I have been
granted political stay as a Refugee by the Government of Ghana because of
the war in my country Liberia. Meanwhile, before my father died, he
instructed me to look for a trusted foreigner who can assist me to move out
this money from Ghana for investment. Based on this, I solicit for your
assistance to transfer this fund into your Account, but I will demand for
the following requirement:

(1). Can I completely trust you? Could you provide me a safe Bank Account
where this fund will be transferred to?
(2) Could you be able to introduce me to a profitable business venture that
would not require much technical expertise in your country where part of
this fund will be invested?
(3) Your name.
(4) Your address.
(5) Your telephone number for easy communication.

Please, all these requirements are urgently needed for change of ownership
of this fund in your favor. As soon as I received the above info, I shall
immediately consult a reputable attorney who will guide us and help us
procure all the legal documents required to change the ownership of this
fund into your name and wire said fund into your own private bank account.
As soon as the money is transferred to you, I will immediately fly down to
your country for investment of my own share of the money.

Please note that this is 100% risk free and will be conducted under a
legitimate arrangement within 7 working days. I have all the vital documents
relating to this fund with me. I please want you to handle this transaction
based on the trust I have established on you. For your assistance in this
transaction, I have decided to offer you 30% percent of the total amount at
the end of this transaction, 65% for me while 5% has been mapped out to
cover any internal or external expenses that might result in the event of
this transaction. The security of this business is very important to me and
as such, I would like you to keep this business very confidential. If you
are interested, please kindly reply me immediately through this my
alternative email address only: sandrabrown4u@yahoo.com I am sending copy of
this email to my private email address for record purposes.
If you are not interested to help me, kindly delete this mail from your
inbox after reading it. But i pray that God will give you the wisdom to
accept this offer as such opportunities comes once in a lifetime and may
never come your way again.

Thanks,
Respectfully Yours
Sandra Brown

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