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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 - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Josph Margai <lawrence_lomoko000@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: josephmargai@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:10:12 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: God Bless you.......from Josph.


Good day,first of all may i use this opportunity to identify my self to you,i am Joseph Margai, the son of late Dr Maxwell Margai,from Nkono District North of Sierra leone and have the pleasure to contact you for an urgent assistance.

MY late father DR Maxwell Margai before his death he hold a very sensitive position in PRESIDENT TEJAN KABBAHS government in SIERRA LEONE,My father has a bullet shot by the rebels west side boys on his way to LUISA a border town between sierra leone and liberia,He was later conveyed to abidjan LA-COTEDIOVRE for a medical treatmet wherein he later died, in the hospital bed my father reveal and confide in me about two metallic trunk boxes ( consignments)he deposit that he made with a security company in accra ghana .containing ($21,000,000.00) TWENTY ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS CASH AND 61 KG OF PURE ALLUVIAL GOLD DUST.

Nobody in the security company knows the real content of the two metall truck boxes becuase my father wisely declared them as art work and family tresures from the national museum of monumet.since the death of my father the rebel has held us hostage untill the divine intervention of the UNITED NATION SECRECTARY GENERAL THEN. MR KOFI ANNAN whom secure a peace agrrement with the rebels that led to our release from the Rebels, All the refuggee move to the GHANA concentrated refuggee camp,Iam presently in the refuggee camp now seeking for your help and assistance for you to come to my aid I proprosed that you stand as my proxy person that is my late fathers foriegn partner,so as to get the metall trunk boxes out of the security company, transfer it to you it into your foreign account oversea.

This transaction is now only known by you,myself and my old sick mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Margai whom is now in with me in the refugee camp waiting for the time i get this two metal trunk boxes out of the security company, the secrecy and confidentiality should be mantained for the successfull retrieving and transfer of these two metall trunk boxes.

I will be handing over to you the original certificate of deposit which the finance house gaved to my father,these fund was deposited with a secrect code not bearing any name or any person that means it will be more easy for you to retrive the consignments trucnk boxes as my father�s foreign partner, and please feel free to to tell me how much you can take as your percentage commission for helping me retrive and transfer these two truck boxes to your country and help me to invest the proceeds in your country.

I withhold the secrect code for security reasons because this is my only hope now to survive, as you show interest the secrect code and the certificates of deposit will be given to you upon your arrival here in Ghana and held a meeting with me and my mother so that you can accompany us to proceed to the security company to retrive the consignments trunk boxes for investment in your country or any country of your choice after transfer and marketing of the Gold Dust in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply.

Best Regards.
Joseph Margai.

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