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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "former president of liberia" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • akhmadmuhamed@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Akhmad Muhmaed" <akhmadmuhamed@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: akhmadmuhamed@myway.com
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:12:38 +0100
Subject: MY HUMBLE PETITION TO YOU



Date: 02-02-2007
Dear Sir/Madam,

I am AKHMAD MUHAMED, A personal assistance to Former President of Liberia

We are once leaving in calabar eastern part of Nigeria. Before he was
arrested and was sent to Sieraloane for trials. Please I have what I will
call Mr. Taylor's last hope Money of $ 26,000,000(TWUENT SIX MILLION
DOLLARS) deposited in a local bank UNION BANK PLC to be precise which nobody
know about. All other accounts he has with Zenith Bank were frozen.

Now we have met with the bank manager and he said he can help us provided we
have a trusted person who will help recieve this money in a foreign account
to invest this fund into any good business.

Please if you are interested in helping us receive this money that is
presently in the suspense account of Union Bank, please notify us at once so
that we can commence with the transfer to your account. Note that after a
successful transfer of this funds to your account 20% will be given to you
for your afforts while the remaining will be invested in real estate
business which Mr. Taylor's wife used to run back in Liberia.

Please bear in mind that this transaction requires utmost secret not a word
about it should be told to anyone.

But please, if you know that you cannot be able to keep secret about my
request, please do not bother to reply me please.
Please mail directly to my most private E-mail;
akhmadmuhamed@myway.com


God bless you as you help my family

Yours sincerely,

Akhmad Muhamed.

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