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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:
  • "former president of liberia" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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: "jhon brawn" <jhon_brawn@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:41:19 +0000
Subject: From John Barwn

Dear Sir,

I hope that you will keep this very confidential.I am leut John Brawn who is
the chief security officer to the former President of liberia Charles
Taylor.I travellled with him to Nigeria when he was there on exile.I have
worked with him ever since he became prsident of liberia.

Now There is this money that he asked me to keep in a security house for him
at Ghana which i did but I did deposit this money with his name and me as
his nest of kin.all the documents is with me and I can send it to you on
request.

I want you to stand as the beneficiary of the money so that both of us will
go to the security house or I will ask them to transfer this money to
you.The amount is $5.5 million dollars.The security company did not know
that the box contains money so please I want you to contact me so that i
will instruct you how to make this deal a reality.

Charles Taylor was captured when he was trying to flee from his exile house
in Nigeria to Cameroun.He has since been taken to world court for killing
and coursing war in West Africa.He is now in detention in Hague.

Please reply,

John Barwn

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