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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:
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Gladys moniba <gldysmoniba@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 04:05:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: The plea of orphans


Dearest,
I am more than happy to send this mail as i pray and wish you will consider my request. I got your email in the quest for freedom in my present predicament.

I am a Liberian but right now i am living in Ghana in the western Africa.I used to study in USA but due to some situations i deferred the admission for the time being. I am from the family of late Dr Harry Fumba Moniba who was the Vice president of my country till his death in Detroit USA. You can read up the story yourself by clicking on the link below;
http://www.copla.org/moniba.htm
But after my father's one year anniversary, my mum was poisoned by people that we could not trace till date due to the much crowd present around us then. She suffered that and died after three weeks in the hospital.
http://www.uniboa.org/moniba2.html
I and my younger brother managed to escape with documents which covers my father's deposited money (US$ 12.5 Milion) in the UK which he used my name as the next of kin.
Meanwhile, still residing here as a refugee under the UNITED NATIONS COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES, i am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foriegn personality to help me transfer the fund from the bank pending my arrival
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Furthermore, on your wish you can contact the bank for confirmation and you can communicate directly with them for me regarding this fund. I am giving you this offer as mentioned with every confidence because i know as you are we might end up being together with each other as one family so i think you will not hurt me.
I will like to go back to school after this to continue with my educational pursuit and please try to help me to achieve this goal in the nearest future and i will be very appreciative of it. I will be waiting for your mail.

Yours truly friend,
Gladys Fumba Moniba.


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