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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:
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "cotonou" (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.
  • gggfred@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • robinsony@inbox.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MOMOH PUJEH <robinsony@inbox.com>
Reply-To: gggfred@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:47:22 +0200
Subject: VERY URGENT



I am MR JOHN PUJEH from SIERRA LEONE, a Country in
WEST AFRICA. My
father
is MR MOMOH PUJEH, former MINISTER of TRANSPORT and
COMMUNICATIONS and
one
time DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER in Sierra Leone. My
father and mother were
arrested by the government of my Country and put in
detention since
28/09/2003. My parents were accused of keeping large
quantity of
DIAMONDS
in the house, and also privately selling large
quantity of DIAMONDS
abroad. You can verify this from SIERRA LEONE EMBASSY
in your country.


I escaped to a hide out in BENIN REPUBLIC, another
Country in West
African
with 2 Trunk boxes containing about Forty Six Million
U.S. dollars
(US$46,000,000.00).
I kept the boxes in a TRUST COMPANY in COTONOU Capital
of BENIN REPUBLIC. For my safety and that of the
boxes, i did not let
the
company know that the boxes contain money.I told them
that the boxes
contain documents.


I cannot move about freely now. I need Your help
urgently for both SAFE
KEEPING and INVESTING of this money in your country.
You are one of the
three email contacts given to me by a Cyber Cafe'
operator on my
request
for a foreign contact. She did not tell me your name
or country of
origin.
Though I did not tell her why I needed the contact of
any foreigner.


Because of the urgent and confidential nature of this
business, you are
advised to keep everything secret for now. if you are
interested in
doing
this business with me, kindly reply immediately on my
email Address - gggfred@gmail.com OR robinsony@inbox.com, for
more explanations. When replying, include your safe
and private
telephone
numbers for easy communications.


Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.


Yours faithfully,
MR JOHN PUJEH (For the family)

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