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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:
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • s_williams198@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Sandra=20Williams?= <s_williams198@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: s_williams1988@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:48:58 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENTLY PLEASE BACK TO ME.


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : s_williams198@yahoo.fr

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- I am writing you this letter with due respect and heart full of tears I need your help. I’m Sandra Jnr, Williams the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs George Williams Barah My father was a very Rich and wealthy Gold Trader in Monrovia the Capital of Liberia in West Africa. His business associates poisoned him while my mother died when I was a little girl of 19. He deposited (USD $6 MILLION U.S DOLLARS) in a bank here in Cote D'ivoire. He made this money from the sales of Gold, He also told me that it was because of this money he was poisoned while on a business trip with business associates and he instructed me to look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer this money out of republic of Cote Divoire and invest it for me, Help me to transfer this money to your country before this people who killed my father will kill me, they are after my life and they want to kill me and collect this money from me, that is why I'm now hiding my self here in republic of Cote Divoire. Please I need your urgent help. I hope you will not betray the trust I have on you because this money is my only hope in this life, and moreover you will also help me to come over to your country were I will settle down for my life and invest this money to further my education. Yours faithfully Sandra Jnr.

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