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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:
  • "demurrages " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "the consignment " (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 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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "god-fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a next of kin 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.
  • micheal_erica1b@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: micheal bahati <micheal_b_@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <micheal_erica1b@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:44:09 +0100
Subject: NEEDING YOUR ASSISTANCE!! !



NEEDING YOUR ASSISTANCE!! !

BUDUBURAHAM REFUGEE CAMP, WESTERN REGION.
ACCRA-GHANA

From: Prince Micheal Bahati

Compliments of the day!
I and my younger sister write to seek for your assistance; we got your contact from a noble gentleman that came to our refugee camp who came to give a seminar about AIDS whom we confronted that we are looking a God-fearing person that is when your data was given to us.

I want to introduce myself to you. My name is Prince Micheal Bahati and my younger sister Princess Erica Bahati a Liberian, my consignment contains More than 18 million United States dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot be specify. The consignments are presently in the State. The consignment gets to the State through the help of a U.N diplomat Dr. Meetin. The fact is that Dr. Meetino is supposed to have delivered this consignment to a man called Mr. Constance Burke in the State.

The week Dr. meetin is suppose to deliver the consignment to him, when he got to the State after clearing the consignment from the Airport, he call Mr. Constance Burke to tell him the description to is house for the delivery, but is wife answered the call and told Dr.Meetin that her husband Mr.Constance Burke hard a fatal car accident which lead to his death some few hours later. Mr.Constance Burke has already paid the demurrages from the security company, he paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and he paid for custom check report he also assisted us in getting the Necessary Document covering the Consignment and Also for the DRUG / ANTI TERRORIST CERTIFICATE, which is so expensive that he spent 25 thousand dollars to acquire it, but unfortunately he died in a car accident, that was why Dr.Meetin has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in State and called us to informed us about what is happening.

Please I and my little sister seek for your help to Contact the Diplomat so that he can be able to deliver the Consignment to you. I do want you to instruct him that you have discuses this with us, and you want him to the delivery of your children consignment to you on time now.

Please, Contact Dr.Meetin on time and update me through mail. I await your urgent response.

E mails me: micheal_erica1b@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks and God bless you
Prince Micheal Bahati.


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