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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Joyce Atomu <joyce_atomu4real@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:51:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT FOREIGN PARTNER



Attn:=A0

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since telephone com=
munication can not be suitable enough to communicate to you at first.
=A0
=A0Being the only daughter of my father, late Michael Atomu from LIBERIA, M=
y father was limited liability Cocoa and Gold merchant in LIBERIA before hi=
s untimely death.
=A0
=A0After his business trip to GHANA ,to negotiate on a cocoa and Gold busin=
ess he wanted to invest in Ghana.=20
=A0
A Week after he came back from GHANA, he was attacked with my mother by unk=
nown assassins, which my mother died instantly but my father died after fiv=
e days in a private hospital on that faithful afternoon.=20
=A0
I didn't know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my moth=
er.=20
=A0
But before he DIED, it was as if he knew he was going to die. my father, MA=
Y HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE he disclosed to me that he deposited the s=
um of $18,000,000,00 US Dollars (EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS) IN GHANA.=20
=A0
That the money was meant for his cocoa and Gold company he wanted to establ=
ish in Ghana.=20
=A0
Though, according to my father he deposited the money in security company a=
nd handed to me all the relevant documents of the deposited Box and instruc=
ted me to seek for a reliable and trust worthy partner for a life time inve=
stment abroad.
=A0
=A0Now I have succeeded in locating the security company here in Ghana. The=
name of the security company is Coastal Security and Finance Company in GH=
ANA.=20
=A0
Therefore, I am soliciting for your assistance to help me get this Box out =
from the security company. If possible you can transfer the fund to your ac=
count so that we can invest it in any meaningful/lucrative business in your=
country because this is my only hope and source of livelihood.
=A0
=A0I am anxiously waiting to hear from you so that we can discuss the modal=
ities of this transaction.=20
=A0
All informations needed is your personal telephone / fax number, your home =
address and your personal photo.
=A0
Please kindly contact me through the above email address immediately for mo=
re discussion.=20
=A0
Thanks for your kind attention.=20
=A0
Yours sincerely=20
Joyce Atomu.
=0A=0A=0A

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