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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2215258724 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Amed and Ami Barry" <amed4-u@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amed4u@walla.com
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:09:57 +0000
Subject: Good Day and God Bless You, As I introduce Myself.

FROM Amed and Ami
AVENUE 12 RUE 47 DAKAR
POINT E REFUGEE
CAMP, DAKAR
SENEGAL DAKAR

Please contact us through this
our private EMAIL ADDRESS.(amed4u@walla.com ) OUR NUMBER: (
+2215258724)

Dear Partner,

Good Day and God bless as I introduce my
self to you with all faith and hope you will understand us and not to
betray us at the end.

I have the intention to introduces myself to
you My name is Amed the only son and my sister's name is Ami
the only daughter, We are the children of late CHIEF BENSON BARRY. I
am 19 Years old, our father died about 2 years ago on the 5th of April
2004, in a gold mine in MENDE, Republic of Serria Leone . He was into
legal gold mining, he has succeeded in saving $18 millions dollars
(eighteen million U.S. Dollars) during his Business on Gold, before he
went on a trip to SENEGAL DAKAR near by country to our
country to save his money for security reasons because of the political
problem in our country Unfortunately he is dead and I will not want the
money to be kept like that without any investment purpose, so I am
contacting you with full trust that you will not let us down .

We need
help from you to help us transfer this money to your country for
investment and who will be sincere to invert us to his country with out
cheating us or doing bad to us on my arrival with my sister, I'm
willing to give you 20% of the money after the transfer of the money
and 5% extra for any expense you incurs in this transaction, please
mail us immediately urgent to know your stands before looking else
where you're the first person we are contacting and also send your
phone number as soon as possible to enable us to beat the said time.

Now permit us to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help us as your own person?

2. Can we completely trust you?

3. Hope our percentage offer is good accepted by you?

Please, Treat this email confidential and get back to us as soon as possible.

Yours Sincerely,
Amed and Ami Barry

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