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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.
  • vera_kodera2@yahoo.ie

Fraud email example:

From: Vera Kodera <vera_kodera2@yahoo.ie>
Reply-To: vera_kodera3@yahoo.ie
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:30:45 +0100
Subject: Hello


Dear ,
Please bear with me for sending this letter to you surprisingly, I got your contact from www.gigablast.com . My name is Vera Kodera, a young lady originally from Liberia a west African coastal country.

My sole purpose of contacting you is for you to assist me in selling in your country or elsewhere of my rough(uncutted) diamonds which weighs 14,220 carats,from (3-45 carats),(3kg gross)on the scale,("H"VS-1quality), all rough and worths about(US$8Million).

I shall map out 10% of the sales proceeds as compensation to you for your kind assistance. And 3% will be maped out for any misscelenous expenses that might occur during the process of transfering the diamonds from here to your country.The diamonds was deposited by my late father in a Holding Firm here in Dakar-Senegal, and it is waiting for my order to be transfered as I am the "NEXT OF KIN" to the deposit as it is indicated in all the depositional documents which i can send to you on request.
Please indicate your acceptance to this business proposal by sending to me your contact phone and faxnumbers for our verbal communication.
Hoping to hear from you soonest.And until then, i remain with the best of my regards to you.
vera_kodera2@yahoo.ie
Yours truly
Vera Kodera.

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