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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 will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "cotonou" (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.
  • desmondsmith_2k3@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • sarah_montgomery010@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?desmons=20simth?= <desmondsmith_2k3@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 20:53:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: desmondsmith_2k3@yahoo.com.au

Good day,

I strongly apologise for sending you this

business proposal by email,due to the urgencey attach

and from the information I gathered assured me your

being reliable,trust worthy and confident to

accommodate my business interest.

Am Sarah Montgomery widow to late H .B Montgomery

of Sierra-Leone one of the formal director general in

charge of the National sales of diamonds(DIAMOND

RESERVE).Please I don't know any other fast medium I

can use in reaching out that why I chose to write you

this my letter by emailing you personally.And I will

like you to take this my letter with kind interest so

we can work with one understanding regards to my

preposal to you, so you can stand for me and my step

son as the needed nominated foreign investor/manager.

From the information reaching Me the management of

an agent security company that have all necessary

information to my late husband consignments containing

his funds that was relocated to a diplomatic warehouse

in Europe safe and secured keeping because of the

September 11 bombing of New York city. As for today

they have agreed to released the funds on the

condition that WE present to them our own trusted

nominated foreign investor manager out side Africa for

security reason.

The amount involved that is now secretly secured

into consignments in the security company Deposit

house vault for safe keeping is USD$15.2

million.(fifteen point two million united states

dollars)all in liquid cash.And regards the source of

the funds back home in Sierra-Leone I will be able to

tell you when I did receive your good respond

regarding this issue.

Please I don't know how to explain the situation to

you better than this now.What We feel if you will be

able to work thing out with us,I will then forwards to

you useful information and documents regards the said

funds presently in the deposit house vault for safe

keeping and We work out a percentage that will be of

your fair share of the total sum for standing for us

and coming down to Cotonou or Europe as the nominated

foreign investor manager.

Please your positive reply will be highly

appreciative on receipt of this mail and you can reach

me by this mail.

Expecting your mail.

Thanks and stay blessed,

Sarah Montgomery.

N.B Please note this you can reply to my private email address (sarah_montgomery010@yahoo.co.uk) Thanks God Bless You

- desmons simth

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