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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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "SANDRA SCOTIS" <sandra_scotis@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: maryam_norzam@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:23:34 -1200
Subject: REQUEST FOR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY


Hassalamalekum,

First I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction and I pray that my decision to contact you will be given genuine approval considering the facts we have not known each other before.I wish to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am maryam from a muslem. I write to know my desires to invest and to buy a living house in your country.
I am the first daugther of my father mr norzam who was the former Minister of Diamond Mining Co-operation in my country. My father had a bullet shot by the rebels on his way travelling to liberia on a visit to Lusia A city after morrovia the Capital along with my sister. My brother died on the spot while U.N Peace keeping force rescued my father, he later died about four months now. Before he died he revealed to me about the deposit of three boxs which he deposited in diplomat security company in malaysia for safe keeping. Presently, myself and my mother mrs adzura norzam are here in malaysia to notify the company for the claims, and we are
staying in the refugee camp.
Therefore we want you to receive the said fund into your account and invest it, because my father told us that it is dangerous to invest this money in country to avoid suspicious, and due to market instability coupled with economic and political instability facing my country that is why I want to invest in abroad. For your foreign assistance myself and my mother have agreed to offer you 30% of the total amount of the money. We have all the vital documents covering the
deposit which I can send to you through fax on request.
NOTE: I have never disclosed this to any person apart from you, so you have to keep this very, very confidential. Send me your private phone and fax for more information?. Thanks,
best regards
Maryam Norzam.

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