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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "rwilliams212@terra.es" <rwilliams212@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:26:17 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Hello there



This might come to you as a surprise but it is coming with the best of intentions and will be of mutual benefit to all the parties involved.I am BARRISTER RON WILLIAMS a Lawyer to the former LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR hereafter referred to as my client who is now exiled in Nigeria I am writing to solicit your assistance to secure funds that are already in the NETHERLANDS with a security company. The fund in question is a total of $60,000,000 (sixty Million United States Dollars) in $100 bills and stashed in four trunk boxes and was shipped out of Liberia through a diplomatic means by a security company and they are not aware of the real content of the boxes for security reasons,assistance for getting the boxes out from the security company and securing the funds,is 20%of the total fund
Thanks
BARR.RON WILLIAMS








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