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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:
  • "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.
  • lionmountain_sl@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LION MOUNTAIN" <lion_mountain@caramail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mountainlion@caramail.com
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 15:51:18 +0100
Subject: SAVE THE LION

ATTENTION,

I hope this mail will meet you in good health.

To start with, i found your contact mail address through the Internet, please don't be alarmed, DO READ ON.

What I'm about to disclose to you is a matter that is very sensitive concerning my security and my well being, i will be very much grateful if you can keep this information as "NON DISCLOSUE''

Some months ago, whiles we are on our way leaving Nigeria for Cameroon, with my boss X--President Charles Taylor of Liberia, we were stop by border patrol officers, but before they could approach our van, my boss (X--President Charles Taylor) gave me his briefcase and ordered me to run into the Cameroon side of the border which i did as i was his personal body guard and special assistant, with the hope that he will able to settle the patrol guards, but the alarmed was to much that things did not work between him and the boarder guards, which he was arrested.

NOTE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4869350.stm

Presently, I'm some where safe in West Africa with the said briefcase with all it's valuable contents intact, which will be beneficial (raw gold dust & rough diamond deposit documents) if you can be of assistance to me.

Furthermore, i will disclose my location and contents of the valuables which is inside the briefcase if you can keep this information as discreet as you can.

Thanks for your kindly attention and understanding, Awaiting your reply on : lionmountain_sl@yahoo.co.uk

Best regards
Lion Mountain

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