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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:
  • "for your efforts, i am prepared to offer you " (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • j_alex1bf@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "joe alex" <joe_alex1bf@latinmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:42:20 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: (I AM CAPT. JOE ALEX) PLEASE REPLY IMMEDIATELY


FROM: CAPT. JOE ALEX.
TELE 00226 70 32 90 91
CENTRAL VILLE
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA-FAS0


DEAR SIR / MADAM

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

I AM SURE, THIS LETTER WILL BE A SURPRISE TO YOU, I AM CAPT. JOE ALEX. OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIAN (WEST AFRICA) AND THE FORMER AIDE DE CAMP OF THE EX- PRESIDENT, CHARLES TAYLOR, OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA. I GOT YOUR ADDRESS THROUGH INTERNET SEARCH HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO ALTHOUGH I DID NOT KNOW YOU BEFORE BUT GOD HAS DIRECTED ME TO CONTACT YOU THAT YOU WILL BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS TRANSACTION SUCCESFULLY WITHOUT HITCH.

THE THE EX- PRESIDENT, CHARLES TAYLOR, SUCCESSFULLY TOPPLED THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF MY COUNTRY, THE LATE SAMUEL DOE AND RULED PEACEFULLY FOR FEW YEARS. HOW EVER, FOUR (4) YEARS AGO, THE REBELS FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF MY COUNTRY REBELLED AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. EVER SINCE THEN, MY COUNTRY HAS BEEN AT WAR.

DUE TO THIS WAR, PUBLIC FUNDS AND PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY LOOTED AND STOLEN BY THE REBEL SOLDIERS AND GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONARIES. HOWEVER, WHEN THE REBEL ATTACK BECAME SO SERIOUS, L WAS ASSIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF HIS CABINET THREE YEARS AGO TO PURCHASE AMMUNITION WORTH OF U.S. $ 11 MILLION (ELEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) FROM BURKINA FASO, WHILE WE WERE STILL NEGOTIATING FOR THE ARMS DEAL IN BURKINA FASO , WE HEARD OVER THE NEWS THAT THE REBELS HAS INVADED THE CAPITAL CITY, MONROVIA AND THE PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR, HAS BEEN GIVEN AUTOMATON TO RELINQUISH POWER, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THE 11TH DAY OF AUGUST 2003, SO WE SAW THIS AS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVERT THE FUND FOR OUR OWN INTEREST , COUPLED WITH THE NEWS WE HEARD ABOUT AMERICAN AND ECOWAS TROOPS SENT TO MONROVIA FOR PEACE KEEPING.

FURTHERMORE, WE DEPOSITED THE FUND WITH THE SECURITY AND FINANCE HOUSE, HERE IN OUAGADOUG, BURKINA FASO. I AM PRESENTLY LIVING IN BURKINA FASO ON ASYLUM. THE FINANCIAL LAW OF BURKINA FASO DOES NOT ALLOW ASYLUM ANY FINANCIAL RIGHTS. IN VIEW OF THIS, COUPLED WITH THE WAY IN WHICH THE MONEY WAS ACQUIRED, I DECIDED NOT TO INVEST THIS MONEY ANYWHERE IN BURKINA FASO OR THE WESTERN AFRICAN CONTINENT AS A WHOLE. FOR YOUR EFFORTS, I AM PREPARED TO OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM IF YOU WILL ASSIST ME TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT OVERSEAS, 5% HAVE ALSO BEEN MAPPED OUT FOR EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED IN THE PROCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION, AND REMAINING 65% WILL BE FOR I AND MY FAMILY WHICH WE INTEND INVESTING IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY WHERE YOU MAY DEEM FIT.

FROM THE ABOVE, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT MY ENTIRE LIFE AND OUR FUTURE AND THAT OF OUR FAMILIES DEPENDS ON THIS MONEY, AS SUCH I WILL VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IF YOU CAN ASSIST US. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS RISK FREE. THE MAJOR THING I REQUEST FROM YOU IS ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE SAFE WHEN TRANSFERRED TO YOUR ACCOUNT. IF YOU CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE, KINDLY CONTACT ME ON THE ABOVE TELEPHONE NUMBER. EVEN IF YOU HAVE DECIDED OTHERWISE, I WILL BE MOST GRATEFUL IF YOU MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THIS MATTER. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR URGENT REPLY.
YOURS SINCERELY,

CAPT. JOE ALEX

(FOR THE FAMILY)
PLEASE REPLY ME THROUGH THIS MAIL BOX (J_ALEX1BF@LATINMAIL.COM)

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