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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • barr_vinosei@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: henry tunde <vent1001@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:52:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT AND IMPORTANT


Attn.
my name is Mr.Henry Tunde from Monrovia the capital city of Liberia, my late father was an investor in Monrovia the capital city of Liberia, My late father was the owner Kenyon mining company in Monrovia ,my father was assassinated by the rebels of during the war in Liberia Because of gold diamond my late father generated the community, after the death of my father our family lawyer brought the will my father has written to the entire family attached to my late father file, to the family and it was stated in the will my father deposited one trunk box in the with a security company in Ghana.


We manage to travel to Ghana last week 4th november 2006to put asylum in ghana. According to the documents it was stated that my father deposited one box contains huge amount of $10.5 million us, right now we are in ghana.
Entire family has set aside 40% for your assistance of the claimed of the fund from the security company in Ghana . Then 5% will met for the delivery of the consignment at your door step in your country and the rest 55% belonging to me will be officially paid by you to my nonresidential account inmy name in any of the reliable bank in your country.
we are going to apply for the release of the box to us. We also needed your personal identification or passport for our family lawyer to prepared changes to your name by our family lawyer barrister Vincent Osei TESTCO CHAMBERS IN ACCRA . We are sincerely waiting for respond to this issue. we will also appreciate it if you can contact our Barrister on the way forward on his email barr_vinosei@yahoo.com

waiting for your urgent respone

Regards,

God Bless you.

Henry Tunde Anderson

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