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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: "patrick kabaka" <patrickkabaka101@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 18:56:58 +0000
Subject: I AM IN NEED OF YOUR HELP.

My Dear confidant,

I AM WRITING TO YOU, BECAUSE I HAVE A NEED, WHICH
FINDING SOLUTION TO IT HAS KEPT ME AWAKE EVEN WHEN I AM SUPPOSED TO BE
ASLEEP.I AM PATRICIA KABAKA A LIBERIAN NATIONALITY AND ARESIDENCE OF THE
BUJUMBURA REFUGEE CAMP CENTRAL REGION GHANA.

MY FATHER, JOSEPH KABAKA& WHO WAS EQUALLY PITCHED AGAINST THE REBELLION IN
LIBERIA, WAS KILLED ON 15/05/04 BEFORE THE INTERVENTIONOF THE ECOMOG&. MY
LATE FATHER WAS ASSASINATED WITH MY MOTHER WHEN THEY WERE COMING BACK FROM
A CAUCUS CRUCIAL MEETING THAT BROUGHT HOPE AND PEACE IN THE LARGER LIBERIA.

I AM PRESENTLY AT THE BUJUMBURA REFUGEE CAMP, GOING THROUGH DEMEANING
INCONVENIENCES ON REFUGEE STATUS IN GHANA.I AM IN GRIP OF A CERTIFICATE OF
DEPOSIT OF A RESERVE NET OF $12 MILLION US DOLLARS CASH IN A METAL BOX
SECURED WITH DIAMOND STORAGE AND SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN GHANA.

THE NATURE OF THE DEPOSIT IS SUCH THAT I NEED TO MAKE NECESSARY PROVISIONS
TO ESTABLISH YOUR IN PARTICIPATION AS INVESTMENT ADVISOR / PARTNER TO
RETRIEVE THIS BEQUEATH. THIS CONFIDENTIAL COLLABORATION IS WHAT MY SPIRIT
HAS ILLUMINATED ME TO SEEK YOU FOR NEEDED ASSIATANCE TO DELIVER
UNAMBIGUOUSLY, GIVEN THE NECESSARY MANDATE.

FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, I OFFER A REMUNARATION OF 30% OF $12 M.

SIR.I WAIT YOUR RETURN MAIL

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
PATRICK KABAKA.


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