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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: david tavotor <david4tavotor@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:19:46 +0100 (BST)
Subject: your assistant.


Hello,my name is David Tovotor.
i am the son of late Chief Dickson Tavotor in liberia.

please i need your assistant urgently.
my late father deposited the sum of $20 million u.s.dollars in a security company in Accra Ghana before he was killed by unknown bandit in liberia.
since then i and my mother ran to Ghana so we are in the refugee bujubora camp as refugee.
regard to the deposited fund i am the next of kin.

i want to transfer the fund to you and i want you to invest the fund into a profitable business for me.and i also promise to give you 10% of the fund as your benefit.
all the documents are in my hands.

please get back to me if you can handle this transaction for me.
thanks
David Tavotor.


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