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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.
  
• 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.
  • su_malick_2005@yahoo.co.in

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms.Sully Malick" <sullymalick@wanadoo.es> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:59:39 +0200
Subject: Dear Consider This As Emergency

Attn.Dear,

I know that this mail might be a surpriseing to you but due consider it as
an emergency.It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture
which I intend to establish in your country, though I have not met with
you before but I believe one has to risk In life before achieving
something.

I am Sully Malick,the daughter of the former Freedom Gold Mining
Company in liberia.Am the only daugther of late Dr.David Malick. I am
looking for someone who can take me as a child or friend I promise to
be obidient to you and I will bring happiness to your life,My late father
was the managing director of Freedom Gold mining company in
(southeast)liberia.But he was poisoned to death alongside with my
mother by his business associate, On one of their outing to discuss a
business deal in oversea,

However, after their death I managed to stay alone and when the war
broke out in my country. I escape to near by village here,with every
important files of my father.He has the sum of US$6.8million (Six Million
Eight Hundred Thousand United state Dollars)only. This amount was
deposited by my late father in one of the leading security company,
Presently, I am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy
foriegn personality.to help me. I will map out 20% for you,you will Stand
on my behalf as the beneficiary for the claim of the inheritance from the
company since the management of the company adviced that I should
solicit for an individual or corporate organization to claim the deposit for
me as they cannot release it directly to me due to the clause my father
made before depositing the money in there company.

Furthermore,you can contact the company for confirmation so that the
company will know that you are my partner,that will enable the company
correspond with you on my behalf.I am giving you this offers as
mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist me or
adopt me as your Child or business partner if possible and manage the
money for me.
i await your soon response through my private mailbox:
su_malick_2005@yahoo.co.in
My regard to your family.

Respectfully yours,
Sully Malick.

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