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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: "Miss Tacey Godwill" <tacey@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: tacey_500@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 01:13:21 +0200
Subject: Hi, My Dearest One,

Good Day,

My name is Tacey Godwill a 22 years old girl and the only daughter of late Chief Godwill Coumber My father was a very wealthy business man here in Liberia.He was killed by a group of armed robbers that invaded our residence on the 12th december 2005.I was already aware of an amount(usd$2.5m) deposited in his account in a bank ,which was one of the armed robber's target.Please, I want you to assist me to transfer this money into your account for an investment in your country so that i will come over to continue my education while you will help me to invest this money in a very lucrative busines that will fetch us good profit.
However,after the burial of my late father things has not been the same again,my uncle has been treating me so bad and he has refused to send me back to school just because i refused to hand him over the legal documents covering this money in the bank because he has sold all my father's landed properties including his cars and now he want to claim this money which is deposited using my name as the next of kin.And i suspected him of being behind my father's daeth due to his manner and atitude towards me since the death of my Dad.
For this reason i have decided to leave the country for security reasons because i don't want to die like my father.so i have to run away from our family house and hide myself in a UN REFUGUEE CAMP IN SENEGAL pending when this money will be transfered so that i can also leave.Please i want you to help provide an account to the bank where they will transfer this money.I will also want you to make arrengement for me to come over to your country to start a new life and as well continue my studies.while you will help me to invest this money in a very good business that will fetch us good profit.

AWITING YOUR RESPONSE.

Thanks and God bless,

Your's Truly,
Tacey

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