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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us 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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Emmanuel Kondo" <udele_emma_udele@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: emma_kondo@excite.com
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:45:30 +0000
Subject: COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON

Dear Friend,

It is a long time that i have being looking for a reliable and trustworthy
partner like you so that we can do business together, Before i came across
your contact. My name is Emmanuel Kondo, from Liberia and presently in a
refugee camp. My father was a politician and Tobacco farmer. My father was
killed in his bed room by the rebels. The rebels beat me and broke my right
leg and i am now using single stick before i walk. During the time my father
was alive. My father used my name as next of kin to deposit $15.5Million US
Dollars in a secuirity company in Ghana. Now that my father is dead I want
to retrieve the consignment and invest the money in a lucrative business
outside Africa like your country. My problem is that my late father wisely
deposited the consignment as a family Treasure/Gift items to his foreign
business partner oversea because of his position in government at that time.
I have decided to give you 15% percent of the total sum if you help me claim
out the consignment from the security company where my late father deposited
the consignment for safe keeping. Please reply me if you are interested or
not so that i will know what to do next.

May the good Lord bless you,

Your's Sincerely,
Emmanuel Kondo.

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