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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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: "Ms Susan Belleh" <susanbelleh1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ms.susanbelleh4444@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:27:13 +0000
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam

Dear Sir/Madam

My names are Susan Belleh from Liberia I just arrived into West Africa Ghana with my younger brother. We are orphans, our mother died of leukemia and our beloved dad who we still miss so much also passed away some years ago after incurring serious bullet injury during the war.

We have just gotten into Ghana few days ago to process the attainment of our family wealth, which has been deposited in a form of luggage with a security company here in Ghana because we are under age we can not acquire such amount of money and the kilos of the Gold and our country was very unsafe to keep a family treasure of $12.5 million USD and 200kilogrammes of Gold. That is why I am contact you for assistance
            

Note all the legal documents right is now with me to proof to you that all those belong to my late father. Please reply me if you are interested to help me claim this fund. As a result I will like you also help us invest this money in a profitable venture. I will entrust 25% of the total sum to you for your assistance.
 
Thank you very much and may almighty God bless you and your family.

Yours faithfully

Susan Belleh

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