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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:
  • "the consignment " (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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS.GRACE P. KAMOKAI." <pkamokaifamily@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kamokaifamily@myway.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:22:08 +0100
Subject: Message From Widow Woman

FROM MRS.GRACE P. KAMOKAI.

Attn: Sir/Madam

Good day to you, I am MRS.GRACE P. KAMOKAI. a Nationality of Democratic Republic of CONGO. I contacted you today consigning my present situation with my family here in TOGO LOME West Africa. I am the wife of late MR. JOHNSON SALIFU KAMOKAI.
My husband was a former Defends Minister of Democratic Republic of CONGO and also a businessman in other fields of minerial resources. During the war rebels killed my husband with my first son and two (2)of his younger brothers in our family House.

I am currently in the French country (LOME-TOGO also in WESTERN AFRICA) with my three (3) remains children in the refugee camp.
When my husband was alive he indicated to me of his deposited MONEY runs into MILLIONS of UNITED STATES DOLLARS with a private SECURITY COMPANY, this money was sealed into 2 trunk boxes deposited with his late overseas business partner in (Disguise) as family treasure and no other person knowns the contents to be CASH for safety reasons.

I contacted you to stand as my late Husband's overseas business associate whom I apointed to help me to retrieve the 2 trunk boxes out of the Security Firm and invest the funds in your country under your care, because I do not have any body here in African shore to trust in investing these funds on mybehalf, Since most of my late husband trusted brothers died with my husband during the war.

Now,I contacted you for the assistance of retrieving the consignment from the Security Company and move it to your country for investment so that we can come over there to your Country for the proposed project with you.

I have work out reasonable percentage for you assisting us to invest the total money involved which will be disclose to you later, if you shows interest to assist. I am waiting for your Urgent Response so that I can send you all the Vital Documents used to deposit the consignment boxes in with the Firm.


Regards
MRS.GRACE P. KAMOKAI.




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