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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 about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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: Amir Calvin Angela. <amirangelacalvin@caramail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 16:00:06 +0200
Subject: AMIR .C. ANGELA


Good day

First,let me apologize for taking you unawares by the content of his letter. My name is Angela, am 19years old, and the eldest of two children of Late Mr. Calvin Jubril Williams Amir.

My dad died in the september 11 attack at the world trade center during the their exhibition.My father was the former C.E.O of Mano River Resources Inc. Liberia.Before he death, my father notified I & my mom that he had deposited USD16,000,000.00 (SIXTEN MILLION U.S D) in a metal trunk box, as well as three other boxes containing 150KG of Gold dust with a deposit company in Accra Ghana,West Africa. My father said he got the money from sales of Diamond, pure liberia Gold and mining projects. Unfortunately,my mother died of stroke last year, while stll in the refugee camp here in Ghana.

I was made to understand that my father does not want to deposit this funds in the bank so that he can easily claim them to start investments & a new life in America or Europe But unfortunately my parents are no more.

Presently, I am living in Ghana as a refugee becos of the last war that broke out in my country, which led to my mother's illness and subsequent death.I am seeking for your assistance and trust to be my nominated beneficiary to claim the boxes from the deposit company, as I cannot make claims to the deposits being a refugee, so we do not lose everything.I would send you the entire details of the deposit when I hear from you, so I do not hand the details over the wrong person who would not be nice to us or our interest.

You shall help us open an account, since we have not handled such an amount of money before.we shall give 20%of the total asset after the completion of everything.I aslo love to further my education in your country.I have every proof to the deposits with the deposit company.I will expect your mail soon,may GOD almighty bless you .

Sincerely yours,

Angela.

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