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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • godfrey_mor01@mail2world.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "wariso Godfrey" <warigodfrey@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:52:18 +0000
Subject: TREAT WITH URGENCY

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Rev.GODFREY MOR, 78 years old, from the Republic of Benin, now resident
in the port-novo. Formally the Catholic Archbishop of Cotonuo Dioceses.
Ever since, I have been helping the orphans in the orphanages, otherless
homes and less priviledged across few African countries. I have donated some
money to orphanages in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon, Mozambique and
Liberia with the money I inherited from my late
father who was into diamond and crude oil business.

But, it is sad to let you know that I have been going through series of
illness from auditory (hearing), multiple sclerosis and from cancer of the
liver. Before I got ill and relocated to Britain, I have some money
amounting to fifty million two hundred thousand united states dollar (USD
50,200,000,00) only with a Financial institution The fund is safe. I have
been using the bank for over twenty years now.

I will be going to the hospital anytime for major operations. Except it
pleases God, the chance of mysurvival is slim. God has specifically told me
to help the less previledged people with my money.

Please I solicit for your help to receive the money, invest it profitably
and use it wisely for the less previledged people in your country. If you
can receive this money and carry out this soul surviving transaction, kindly
email immediately your following contact details:

a. Your complete names
b. Your address
c. Private telephone number
d. Private email address

When I receive your above information, I will furnish you with more details
on how the funds would be claimed by you from the bank. Thereafter, I will
give you instructions on how the funds will be invested and distributed
among the orphanages and less previleged in return. The Lord has already
told me that I would find a trustworthy person who can carry out this soul
surviving transaction.

PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO REPLY THROUGH THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS
godfrey_mor01@mail2world.com

While I await your response, may God bless you and
your family.
Thank you.
Rev.GODFREY MOR
Email at godfrey_mor01@mail2world.com

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