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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "your country for safe keeping" (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)
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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: "Mrs. Benita Guei" <benita_guei20@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:58:51 +0100
Subject: good day.

/o Eglise Uganda
(Catholic church ) Liberte Sicap,
Dakar Senegal.
Good Day ,
I know this mail will come to you as a surprise, nevertheless
I am Mrs. Benita Gueii, aged 56 years, the wife of Major
Doncan John., Chief Security Officer and Aide-de-camp to
the president Charles Tailor of Liberia .As a result of the
on-going war in my country, I am saddled with problems
of my ill health of protracted diabetes and high blood
pressure which is getting of increase in the resent times
and also getting a trust worthy individual abroad to
receive the sum of US$5million and 25 kg worth of
Diamond on our behalf. Due to this war crises
presently in my city Monrovia our home town, my husband
managed to sneak me and my son Patrick 23 years of age
and four other of my daughters out of Monrovia to Dakar
senegal for safety. We were sneaked into Dakar Senegal
through the land boarder by the help of some government
militant group. My husband adviced me to get a trust
worthy individual abroad to receive the deposit.I
feel confident therefore to introduce myself and this offer
to you based on this problem of war in my country and
our present condition as all our foreign contacts and
connections got lost during this crises, all properties
burnt by the rebels. I am desperately in need to move
and re-locate this huge deposit to your country for safe
keeping on the advice of my husband as this is the
only wealth remaining for the future survival and well
being of our large family. For your percentage for
assistance, a negotiable percentage will be discussed as
soon as I receive your response based on this plea for
your assistance as our lives are highly in danger due to
war. I pray and plead for your help. You can email
me back for further clarifications God bless you as you
heed to my plea for assistance.
Sincerely yours.
Mrs. Benita Guei and Children

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