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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • tinasmith70000@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • tinasmith_4real@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?tina=20smith?= <tinasmith70000@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: tinasmith_4real@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 03:16:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Mrs. Tina Smith


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: tinasmith70000@yahoo.com.au

From Mrs. Tina Smith

(PROTOCOL OFFICER) INVESTMENT.



Good day and how are your businesses over there. It has been a long time that I have been thinking of contacting you but it is due to the sudden problem encountered by my`Boss´"His Excellency President Charles Taylor of Liberia which resulted to the collapsed of his government that now resulted our seeking asylum in Nigeria West Africa. Before the collapsed of my`Boss´government.



I intercepted a packaged document from Europe which I try to open to check the content as an instruction given to me so as to guide against any time bomb parcel which may be directed to the President by his political rivalry that is the opposition party. On seeing the content of the parcel” It was tagged consignment lodgment which involve huge amount of 10.5M USA DOLLARS deposited with Finance & Security Inc.in Europe. Contact and all relevant information regarding the deposit and the method of collection including the deposit payment receipt were enclosed in the parcel. I received this parcel very close to the time that my `Boss were quitted out of the office. Hence I decided to hold on to the document for my life utilization.



Before this, let me reiterate it to you that I have been reliably gathered an information from one of my friend in your high commission that normally visited Presidential Villa as at the time i was still in the service, that you are trustworthy and God fearing somebody that can stand firmly for any financial transaction because he told me that you are capable, With this information, I now decide to seek your able assistance due to your personality for you to front for me in the claiming of this consignment as the American’s are bending on charging my`Boss´for war crime which has even also made them to frozen his bank account both locally and internationally as the new elected president MR ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF’ has been Installed, in other for us not to avert any further delay, I would really need your urgent assistance in complexion of this transaction as I will like to come down to your country in meeting with you as soon as you have taken position of the said consignment and also for my share and to invest my share in your country . Please kindly get back to me on this my private Email: tinasmith_4real@yahoo.com.hk



As soon as I hear from you. I am ready to release all the document relating to the consignment for your contact to the Finance company and the confide power of attorney will be issued to you and be dully signed and attested to by a reputable court of law for your quick collection of the funds in the financial house in Europe.



I await your speed response.

Mrs. Tina Smith

Protocol Officer Investment.



NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO REALLY HAVE TO ACT FAST AS YOU MAY HAVE ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE PRESENT SITUATION MY FORMER BOSS CHARLES TAYLOR IS NOW GOING THROUGH. SO I ADVICE YOU IF YOU ARE INETRESTED IN THE TRANSACTION SHOULD QUICKLY SEND YOUR DETAILS AS STATED.









- tina smith

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