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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:
  • "lagos" (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.
  • larryokoh@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "LARRY OKOH" <larryokoh4@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 04:08:46 +0000
Subject: THE MIND OF GOD

I am Larry Okoh,born in november 1982 in lagos state nigeria and am studing
banking in university of lagos and i am surviving with my only sister Lynda
Okoh.who is 12years old
who is also a student.


The earth took all we had only on August 12 2003 by 12noon africa time when
there were sudden bomb explosion in lagos state military
cantolementunexpectedly and continously
for about an hour and people started runing to save their life.because
nobody new what was happening. and we were residing about 5kilometers away
from the cantolement. we were so lucky that this time we were in school. and
not too lucky because my dad came home for lunch. and so himself and mum
together with our neigbours started runing towards the cannal
and when thy got to the cannal they all fell into it and that was the end.
and they left nothing for us than to be an orpahan on an empty bank account.


our selfcentre government came together with the UN to deliver relief
materials for couple of days and that was the end nobody care anymore about
us they have already made us an orphan .but we have to survive i have to
graduate and my sister have continue schooling
but we are not financially bouyant.


please is their any help you can render us monetary expecially to keep us
going, you can email us on this email address larryokoh@myway.com so as to
tell you how you can reach us.

look at us not as begger but as your brother, sister, and children. who
needs help.
this is what life thought us. but we can smile again if you just stretch
your helping hands.
GOD bless you as we are expecting your mail .

Larry.Okoh

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