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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:
  • "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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Linda Dogolea" <lindacute_11@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lindacute_12@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:18:58 +0000
Subject: Please reply urgently


Dear
I do not know the extent you are familiar with events and political situations in my country Liberia but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins in the recent past
I am miss.Linda Dogolea from LIBERIA,19years old and the daughter of Late ENOCH DOGOLEA who died mysteriously in June 2000 . My late father before his death was vise president of my country liberia under charles taylor, he was forced to drink a poisoned coffee by charles taylor's security aids at the presidential farm in june 2000, even though the government denied it.

My main reason for contacting you now is to seek your assistance in the area of my future investment and also for a helping hand over some amount of money my Late father deposited on my name as beneficiary in a financial company when he was alive.i am seeking refugee in Dakar Senegal now. I am looking for a foreign partner to help me retrieve this money from the financial company and then assist me relocate to your country and invest in any good busineess of your choice.
I have contacted the financial company some many times and was advised to present someone or a company to stand on my behalf. i am now asking you to please help me stand on my behalf to make this claim,and also stand as my partner overseas in time of the investment as well.
I am ready to allocate to you 10% of the total amount should you assist me in this transactions.
you can read about the death of my father in this reports
<http://www.theperspective.org/vpdogolea.html>

Please if you are willing to assist me,indicate your interest in replying soonest.
I await your urgent reply

Linda Dogolea

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