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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international court of justice"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447011147910 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Jim Okotie <jimokotie@emsergipe.com>
Reply-To: legalrights2000@o2.pl
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:08:22 -0300
Subject: Very Urgent and confidential.



Dear Sir,
PLEASE REPLY TO: legalrights2000@o2.pl
It is my pleasure to contact you, though, for the first time.
My name is James Okotie, a Presidential attachee to the former Liberian President,Mr. Charles Taylor. However,I am presently here in England on political assylum. You are already aware of his fate today as he has began his journey with justice in the hands of the UN.However, I do not wish to dwell in the controversies surrounding his fate in the hands of the International Court of Justice at the Hague, The Netherlands.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_G._Taylor)
During the period of his stay here however, and with particular reference to my deep associations with him, I was favoured to earn his trust and confidence. To this end ,he was able to divulge some very useful information and documents to me,saying I should "keep and use these information and documents in case anything goes awry". These information and documents involves the large sum of US Dollars he deposited in certain locations accross Europe with full "access codes" to the financial houses.
Right now, I am contacting you with the view that we can join hands together to withdraw these money as quickly as we can just as he instructed me.When that is completed, I can then get back to the family members who are the final beneficiaries of the money with some per centage to charity as he said.
I shall give you more facts and figures as we progress, and of course, link you to the financial houses abroad.
Finally, I hope know your opinion and advise as I sincerely wish to complete this project with a credible personality like you.We shall also discuss and agree on other modalities in the course of our
communication.
With kind regards,
James Okotie.
TEL: +44-701-114-7910
PLEASE REPLY TO: legalrights2000@o2.pl

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