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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:
  • "account in your country or any safer place" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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: "Daisy Kuta" <daisykuta1@msn.com>
Reply-To: daisykuta@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:04:37 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE/HELP ME AND MY SON

Dear Sir,


Compliments of the season,I am Mrs Daisy Kuta from Liberia. I am a widow
being that I lost my husband Dr Vincent Kuta some months ago.My husband was
serving as the General Overseer of Kandgida local diamond/gold minners
association In Liberia until his death. He was assassinated last
january by the rebels following the political uprising. Before his death he
had a foreign account here in Nigeria up to the tune of us$38m (thirty eight
million united states dollar) which he told the bank was for the importation
of minning equipments for the establishment of his proposed minning
industries in Seirra Leone and Liberia.

I want you to do me a favour to receive this funds to a safe account in your
country or any safer place as the beneficiary and the foreign partner who
was to supply him with the equipments. I have plans to do investment in
your country on real estate and industrial production.we have it in
mind to give to you 20% of this total sum of money for your assistance in
receiving this funds in your account and another 25% share annually in any
lucrative investment you will introduce to us upon our arrival in your
country after the receipt of the funds in your bank account.

This is my reason for writing to you.Please if you are willing to assist me
and my only son Michael, indicate your interest in replying soonest.i am
presently in an assylum camp here in Nigeria and residing as refugees with
my only son Michael due to the outbreak of the civil war in my native
country Liberia.the assylum law here forbids refugees to embark on any trade
or have direct access to huge sum of money and again we want to invest this
funds outside africa

I await your urgent reply.as i will send to you documents backing this
transaction.

Thanks and God bless while i await your urgent response.

Yours,

Mrs Daisy and Michael Kuta

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