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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • lovelylovethb@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "loveth kwame" <lovelyloveth4sure1@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:57:05 +0100 (CET)
Subject: DEAREST ONE;


DEAREST ONE;
I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY TO MY MAIL. HOW IS YOUR DAY TODAY?. MINE IS A LITTLE COLD OVER HERE IN COTE D LVOIRE. MY NAME IS MISS LOVETH KWAME SINGLE AND NEVER MARRIED,I AM FROM LIBERIA IN WEST AFRICA AND PRESENTLY RESIDING IN THE N DIOUM REFUGEE CAMP HERE IN COTED LVOIRE WHERE I AM SEEKING POLITICAL ASYLUM DUE TO THE CIVIL WAR THAT WAS FOUGHT IN MY COUNTRY .I WISHYOU WILL ENCOURAGE ME RATHER THAN PITTY,FOR I BELIEVE IN COURAGE, LOVE, TRUST AND HARDWORK.MY LATE FATHER JOSEPH KWAME MANAGING DIRECTOR OF (JESCO INDUSTRIALCOMPANY LTD), IN ABIDJAN THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST, AND HE WAS ALSO THE PERSONAL ADVISER TO THE FORMER HEAD OF STATE BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCCUS ON A BUSINESS DEAL. WHILE MY MOTHER DIED WHEN AM STILL AKID.
IT WAS ONLY ME THAT IS ALIVE NOW AND I MANAGED TO MAKE MY WAY TO A NEARBY COUNTRY COTE D LVOIRE WHERE I AM LIVING NOW AS A REFUGEE.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU. YOUR LIKE AND DISLIKES, YOUR HOBBIES AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING PRESENTLY.I LIKE TO MEET UNDERSTANDING,
LOYAL, SINCERE,TRUSTHFULL, KINDLY AND FRIENDLY PERSON. I WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT MY SELF IN MY NEXT MAIL.(LOVELYLOVETHB@YAHOO.CO.UK)
HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
YOURS FAITHFULY.
LOVETH KWAME

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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam