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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:
  • "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.
  • lamteywllms@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lamtey@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:58:15 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Good=2Dday?=

Good-day

I am Williams Lamtey a public servant based in Accra, Ghana. Your contact
was got through a selective random search.I have been contracted secretly
by the family of the deposed leader of Liberia, Charles Ghankay Taylor,who
is currently in detention in Sierre-Leon facing trial on alleged war crime.I
was contracted to see foreign participant in a deal that involves the movement
$35 Million owned by former President.

The money was secured by him while in power long before he was asked to
step down by the American Government and International Community. Now this
money has been mapped out for investment purpose in your company or your
country.Since the family of this former President cannot envisage the outcome
of his trial, the family is desperate to secure a safe haven for this fund,has
moved this fund out to Ghana and it is currently on the
custody of a safe deposit company.

All the moneys are in hundred dollar bill.The incarceration of Charles G.Taylor
in Sierre-Leone is just too much for his family to handle and they fear
that he may not fair hearing
from the International Court. They fear for the life of the former President,and
this informed their decision to have the funds moved to Ghana. Ghana as
you know is a very peaceful
in sub region.I am seeking your assistance to help this family have this
fund moved to your country for
investment.

You will be given 25% of the sum as your commission,While 5% will be mapped
out for any expenses to be incurred in the process of the transfer. All
documentation to be changed in
your name to shield identity of true ownership.This business is totally
risk free on your part.

Answer back to me as soon as possible. Treat this confidentially and with
a level of secrecy. I trust you and
we can accomplish this peacefully. Reply to: lamteywllms@myway.com

Yours Respectfully,

Williams Lamtey.

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