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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • fraluis1@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Luis <fraluis1@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: frankluixx02@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 03:28:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your Compliance is needed


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: fraluis1@yahoo.ca

Dear friend


It is with heartfelt hope that I write to seek your co-operation and assistance in this transaction.


We are Diplomats that use our immunity and status to safekeep special

and valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that

are honest and trustworthy.


We work in collaboration with top firms and Governments of various

countries as we have earned a name as a service whose hallmarks in

reliability and confidentiality are revered. International missions, Fellow Diplomats and Embassies of the world have used our services to satisfaction.


A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that can assist her and her family in retrieving her package containing some amount of money from a Diplomatic Corp in South Africa.


The benefactor and her children have been confined only to their

country home and all their calls and movements are monitored, as a result,its absoultely impossible for them to do anything as regards retrieving the money.


Their only means of communication is via internet and you are being

contacted because your assistance is needed in claiming the funds on their behalf.


The benefactor is Mrs.Suzana Isaac Nuhan Vaye, wife of the late Deputy Minister of Works in Liberia (Isaac Nuhan Vaye) who was murdered by Taylor during the regime of President Charles Taylor on the false accusation and trumped up charges of trying to overthrow Charles Taylor.


For your assistance in this transaction, the benefactor and her Children have agreed to give you 25% of the total amount of money for your role in this transaction which involves retrieving the funds on their behalf.


You can verify the authenticity of this letter on one of the worlds' top Newspapers below:


http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm


I await your urgent response


Dr.Frank Luis





- Frank Luis

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