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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: kenneth mboma <kenmboma01@yahoo.co.nz>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 06:00:27 +1300 (NZDT)
Subject: Hello,




Hello Dear,

I have been briefed to contact you because of your passion for humanity and sympathy for people with just causes.
my name is kenneth mboma, a citizen of liberian, from a very prominient and renowned family. Presently, i am staying with my two junior sisters and my aged mother, who is 57yrs old now as refugee in Bujuburam Refugee Camp in Ghana.

My father was a renowed diamond merchant in liberian who uses to travel to different parts of Africa because of his business, it was during one of his numerous travels that he learnt of a coup 'd' etat in our country which claimed many lives and my father's senior brother who was a brigadier in the army was killed which led to witch-hunting of some prominient people from our family. Because of the unfavourable situation in our country ,my father deposited an amount of US$15.5million and 205g of alluvial gold dust and an unknown quantity of diamond in a security company in Ghana in the name of my mother .

This information was given to me by my mother when she was lying critically ill in her sick bed.She had handed over all documents covering the above transaction to me and i am looking for a trustworthy personality to put heads together to retrieve this consignments from the security company which had been kept in a sealed metallic box and labelled family treasure.
I have get in touch with the security company to know if all is well and with the document and security reference number, i was informed that the box is still in their custody and intact.
We are ready to compensate with 20% out of the total amount and 5% set aside for any expenses that will incureld during this transaction.

Please, with all due respect i will like you to reply this mail so that i will know what we are to do to get this consignment out of this country to overseas for subsequent investment.
Hope to hear from you soon.
your's faithfully,

Mr Kennneth Mboma,







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