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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • krarosa1@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Rosaline Kra" <krarosa01@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:08:29 +0000
Subject: REQUEST ASSISTANCE

FROM KRA ROSALINE
ALT MAIL:krarosa1@yahoo.com

DEAR SIR/MADAM

HOW ARE YOU DOING? I DO HOPE YOU ARE FINE? IF SO GLORY BE TO ALMIGHTY.I GOT
YOUR EMAIL ON MY SEARCH FOR INVESTMENT RESEARCH.THEN I DECIDED TO CONTACT
YOU HOPING THAT YOU WILL BE THE RIGHT PERSON TO ASSIST ME AND MY MOTHER ON
ANY PROFITABLE INVESTMENT .

FIRST AND FOREMOST,I APOLOGIZED USING THIS MEDIUM TO REACH YOU FOR A
TRANSACTION/ BUSINESS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. LET ME INTRODUCE MY SELF PROPERLY.
MY NAME IS KRA ROSALINE THE SON OF CHIEF KRA LAMAH,I AM THE BENEFICIARY/NEXT
OF KIN OF THE FUND, I AND MY MOTHER ARE LIVING UNDER UNHCR IN DAKAR SENEGAL.
AS REFUGEE. MY LATE.FATHER (CHIEF KRA LAMAH) WAS A BUSINESS MAN;HE DEALS ON
DIAMOND AND GOLD BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH LATE LAST YEAR.

HE WAS KILLED BY THE REBELS OF R.U.F AND MANY OF OUR ROPERTIES/BUILDINGS
WERE DESTROYED BY THEM.WHEN MY LATE FATHER WAS ALIVE HE SENSED OF CONSPIRACY
AGAINST HIM AND HE ESCAPED ME AND MY MOTHER TO DAKAR SENEGAL. AND LATER GO
BACK TO LIBERIA THAT IS WHEN HE WAS KILLED.WHEN HE WAS A LIVE HE DEPOSITED
HIS MONEY (15 MILLION US DOLLARS) WITH MY NAME AS HIS NEST OF KIN IN A
PRIVATE FINANCE COMPANY IN SENEGAL..

YOU WILL STAND AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE MONEY AND AS MY FATHER FOREIGN
PARTNER AND ALSO YOU WILL HELP US TO TRANSFER THE MONEY IN ANY OF YOUR
FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND ALSO US RELOCATE TO YOU COUNTRY,PENDING MY ARRIVAL TO
MEET WITH YOU.ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT MY LATE FATHER USED TO DEPOSIT THE
MONEY IS HERE WITH ME AND WILL BE FAX TO YOU ON DEMAND.

I HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF MY MOTHER INVOLVED THAT SHOULD YOU BE WILLING TO
ASSIST US IN THE PROCESS OF THE TRANSFER,YOUR SHARE OF THE SUM WILL BE 15%
OF THE $15 MILLION,THE TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE,ON YOUR PART PROVIDED YOU
TREAT IT WITH UTMOST SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY.I HAVE REPOSED MY
CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT DISAPPOINT ME.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

THANKS,

KRA ROSALINE

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