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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)
  • "transferred into your bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "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.
  • p_pius06@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?pius=20peter?= <p_pius06@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: p_pius@ny.com
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 18:38:43 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Your honesty and good faith.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: p_pius06@yahoo.co.uk

Dear sir/madam


My name is MR.PETER PIUS. I was the director of special duties to president Charles Taylor in

Liberia.We the former members of government are no longer in Liberia.


We are currently in exile outside our country. I am requesting your cooperation for immediate

acceptance of my US$11,000,000.00 {Eleven Million United States Dollars Only}This amount is

my compensation from unofficial payments made to our government by foreign buyers of our major export, diamonds,which were under my supervision.


As the former Director of Special Duties, President Charles Taylor compensated me with

these funds during our last days in Liberia before we handed over power to the interim government last summer.


All that has to do with the US$11M are decent, morally sound, and legal. But the money is in

United States Dollars, which attracts undue attention especially when it is connected with

someone in and around government.I therefore request that you receive and keep the

funds on my behalf until I am able to take back control of it in a short period of time.


Please reply me urgently so you can receive the amount into your bank account. Once the money is in your account, feel free to keep 20% of it for your personal use as compensation for your efforts, while the balance will be kept for me until I can take control of it.We shall sign a formal partnership agreement and I can also make available my detailed profile and

photographs to assure you of my honesty and good faith. Send me the following information:


1. Your direct telephone and fax numbers.

2. Bank account details where you want the money transferred into.

I need to call you and speak with you on phone and also fax you the relevant documents before

the funds will be transferred into your bank account.


Yours faithfully,

MR.PETER PIUS



- pius peter

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