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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: "John Kai" <johnokai49@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnokai@mail.nu
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:25:08 +0100
Subject: PROJECT

Hello,
I hope you will not receive this proposal too surprising. I got your
contact E-mail address in the Internet while searching for a
trustworthy business partner who I can entrust a reasoning amount of
money on his or her care for investment.
I am a Liberian and a cabinet member of President Charles Taylor's
administration. I am presently in the republic of (SAO TOME) under
polical asylum status because of the on going war in Liberia. For your
information I have secured and sent abroad the sum of $18,000,000.00
(EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR) through a diplomatic means. The
fund is presently under the custody in a Finance/storage company in
oversea. The money was originally meant for the purchase of arms and
ammunition to fight the rebel groups in Liberia but from the look of
things it is like we cannot continue with the war because of the
intervention of President George Bush of America .As a result of the
present development I now send the money abroad for my personal
investment without the knowledge of our Government.
My main purpose of writing you is to seek your partnership if you could
make claim of the money from the storage company as the beneficiary for
the benefit of both us. I am willing to discuss sharing ratio in any
reliable business you would embark.
Details of how you are going to claim the money from the storage
company will be made known to you as soon as you indicate your interest
in this transaction.
Do send me the following details.
Full Names,contact address
telephone and fax numbers.
Please treat this proposal with utmost confidenciality.
Wait to hear from you.
Best regards,
Mr.John okai.

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