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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • ashiahansen@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ashia Hansen" <ashiahasen@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ashiahsen1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 16:08:38 +0200
Subject: Hello From Ashia.

My Dear,
Good day to you, I hope fine, dear am writing this mail with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously, I am asking for your assistance,i have gone through your profile and will be very glad if you can render me assistance to my situation now.
I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity. I would like to use this opportunity to introduce my self to you. I am ASHIA HANSEN, A 22 years old girl from Liberia, the first daughter of Late ALAHAJI. MOHAMMED USMAN HANSEN, my father is sousesfly farmer and business man in my Country. My father deals in COCO and he have a very big farm of COCO before his death.
My father die for many years ago and my mother and two of my sister die in motor accident when taking them to school and i was lift alone in this world. The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek your assitance in the area of future investment and also my father lift some huge amount of money for me.
This money is Six Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars which was deposited some years ago by my late father, he made me the sole beneficiary/next of kin to the money. I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to make this claim from the finance company where the fund deposited, I am a girl and too young in age i can't handle this can of transaction, i want you to stand as my foreign partner oversea and also to help me investment the money when it transfer to you position. I will give you details about the deposit as you respond to my request. I have all original copies of the documents concerning this money with me here, So please am expecting to hear from you soon.
This are the necessary requirements i need from you.
Name......................................................
Occupation and Your postion.............
Age.........................................................
Status.....................................................
State/Country........................................
Tele/Fax Number..................................
As soon as I receive your reply and your contact information's, I shall give you the contact of the Security company where my Father deposited the Money.Please contact me through my privent E-mail: (ashiahansen@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:ashiahansen@yahoo.co.uk>) For more details
Yours Truly,
Ashia Hansen.

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