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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (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: "deborahswarin2002@yahoo.fr" <deborahswarin2002@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: deborahswarin2004@yahoo.se
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:13:52 +0200
Subject: Awaiting your response,

FROM SWARIN FAMILY
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
TELEPHONE: 0022507617657
DEAREST ONE, IS MY DESIRE GOING INTO BUESINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. MY NAME IS DEBORAH SWARIN, THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF DR KASSI SWARIN WHO WAS MURDERED DURING CHARLES TAYLOR'S REGIME ON THE FALSE ACCUSATION AS CHARGES OF ATTEMTING TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERMENT OF CHARLES TEYLOR. MY LATE FATHER WAS THE MINISTARY OF WORKS IN MY COUNTRY LIBERIA DURING THE REGIME OF OUR FORMER PRESIDENT CHARLES TEYLOR. MY MOTHER IS AGED SHE IS 62 YEARS NOW. AND I HAVE TWO YOUNGER BROTHER RAPHAEL AND PAUL WE ARE ALL LEAVING HERE IN THIS STRANGE COUNTRY FOR THE PAST MONTHS NOW. IT IS MY DESIRE TO WRITE YOU FROM MY HEART HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY US IN FUTURE. BEFORE HIS SUDDEN DEATH, MY LATE FATHER MADE SOME HUGE MONEY WHICH HE DEPOSITED WITH ONE OF THE FINACIAL INSITUTION HERE IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN HE WAS ALIFE. IN A BRIEF EXPLAINATION. ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. THE MONEY IN QUESTION IS US $12,000,000.00 ( TWELVE MILLION UNITED!
STATES DOLLARS ) NOW WE ARE CONTACTING YOU AS A TRUSTED PERSON WHO WE WILL LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY SINCE WE CAN NOT INVEST HERE DUE TO THE RESENT POLITICAL CRISIS HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.

WE ARE IN POSITION OF EVERY NECCESSARY DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THIS DEPOSIT OF WHICH WILL BE FORWARDED TO YOU UPON YOUR RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST. I AND THE REST OF MY FAMILY ARE READY TO OFFER YOU A REASONNABLE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE. ALSO I WILL LIKE YOU TO PROVE YOUR GUNUITY TO US SO WE WILL BE CONFORTABLE TO FORWARD THE NECCESSARY DETAILS OF THIS DEPOSIT TO YOU. AS YOU SHOW YOUR INTEREST TO THIS REQUEST WE SHALL LET YOU KNOW THE FUTHER STEP TO THIS INVESTMENT PRORECT IN YOUR COUNTRY. THANKS AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU. OUR BEST REGARDS
DEBORAH ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY

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