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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:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Felix Fofana <ffelix100@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:22:10 +0000
Subject: Dear ,Good day


Dear,Good evening .
Please sorry to disturb you with my mail to you, I am writing this letter =
with tears and asking for your assistance after I have gone through your =
profile that speaks good of you. I will be so glad if you can allow and lead =
me to the right channel towards your assistance to my now situation .I will =
make my proposal well known to you if I am given the opportunity.
Firs i must introduce myself to you.
My name is Master Felix Fofana 21 years old from Liberia , i am son of Dr =
Bangali Fofana ,My father died belief illness in the hospital . but doctor =
confirm his death, that he was poison .he left me and the age mother and died =
, After four months ,My age mother became sick , feeling about the lost of my =
father ,she fall down in the step many times and after two days she died =
too. The relationships just finished the burial ceremony.
.
The main reason why I am contacting you , is to seek for your assistance , =
there was money my father save in a bank for investments , this money is =
genuine money he make this money by exporting diamonds and cocoa outside =
Africa , because my father is good friend and same classmate with the =
president of our country , Who is now under trail by court . This money is ( =
$9.7 Million ) all the documents bank issue to my father is with me here =
now.
Of which i can send copies of it to you to verify well about my honest to you =
before helping me .
Please,I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to claim this money ,to =
stand as my partner oversea and in time of the investment as well.
As I have mention earlier I will make the procedure to this issue to be well =
known to you if you agree to help me receive this money and you will bring me =
to your country to stay and live in your country and we plan for something to =
invest this money into . With good faith I propose to give you 20% of this =
money for helping. i want us to agree on this percentage before sending any =
documents about this money to you for contacts .
Thanks and remain bless
Waiting to hear from you .

From Felix

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