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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: Rev Harry Ubani <rev_hu4christ06@yahoo.de>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:13:40 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE: Your email


Dear Beloved VICTIM-FULLNAME,

Greetings in the name of the lord.I want to thank yolu for your response again and your concern and willingness to assist my family.It is my pleasure once again to break things down to you.Like i told you before,i and my family reside presently in the refugee camp here in Rebublic of Benin as a result of all my ordeal in Liberia my native country.I have to live after all that i had was destroyed by the rebels converting my church to a hospital of sort at the same time.All the period of this war,it was God who helped us as we lost many loved ones in the war.

Read Proverb 3:5-6, 19:21, Psalm 42:11 , 43:5 and psalm 128: 1-end it will make you uplifted.
Trust in the Lord, lean not on your own understanding, acknowledge Him in all you do, and He shall direct your path” (see Prov. 3:5-6).He will bring you success at the end of every path, at the end of every story, at the end of every life as we trust, rely and cling to our Savior. Be encouraged my Brother, for the Lord your God will lead you to greener pastures. He will lead you to blue skies from the dark clouds all around you. If you seek to hear His voice and follow Him, just watch the beauty that will unfold out of some of the most unlikely or untimely situations.

However,Over the years,i have been praying and believing God to give me direction on who will help me get this fund out before i finally contacted you after series of constant prayers.It is through that we have not met before,but i have a special confidence on you after all my prayers.For this reason,what i want to do is to front you as the beneficiary of the fund as i do not have the capacity to make the claim alone.

This was the most reason why i have to contact you the first instance.Like i said,all i will need from you is your full information as i said before so that i can forward it to the finance institute to effect the change of beneficiary status to your name thereby making you the bona fide of the fund.What i will need from you are your full name,address,phone and fax number,age and occupation.

I will ensure you my brother that i will be telling you more as we procceed and i will as well send you my familys picture as soon as i hear from you again.

May the good God bless you.

Rev.Harry Ubani



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