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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:
  • "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: "Amina Bangura" <aminawaits2002@aol.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:50:55 +0000
Subject:

Dear Sir

I am Miss Amina Bangura from the republic of Liberia but resident in Mali. I am 26 years.
I have decided to reach out to some one who can help me instead of suffering in silence.

My family left Liberia when the war was at its peak and settled in Mali. When Charlse taylor
was elected preisent my father, mother and my junior brother traveled to liberia to see if there
was anything left of our old home. They never made it back. They were ambushed by rebels
and murdered in cold blood.

My father when he was alife never believed in Mali banks. he opted to deposit large sum in
security firm. He was a diamond dealer.

Presently, as i talk to you, there is 18.4millionUSD in a boxed deposited with one security firm
here in Mali. I got this information through his documents that his lawyers gave back to me.
The security firm was not told the real contents of the box for security reasons. I have visited the
security firm but they said to me that there is demurrage to be paid before i can collect the box.

I need your help please. My father's lawyer thinks that the best thing to do is to get some one to
stand in as my father business associate, he is ready to provide us with the necessary documents.
this person will contact the security firm and handle everything himself.

You are not doing for nothing. Tell me what is your price after this and i will think about it.

I wait your reply.

Amina Bangura

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