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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:
  • "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • merianbello22@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Merian Bello" <merianbello02@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: merianbello22@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:27:30 +0200
Subject: Please Kindly Help Me Out

Good Morning Sir

I'm more than happy to send you this mail,how are you doing today?i believe you had a nice day and that the arthmosphere over there in your country is very nice today? Mine was a little bit warm over here in Dakar Senegal,

My name is Merian Bello, am (26yrs) but age doesn't matter in a real relationship,so i am confortable with your age,I am from Rwanda in Africa,5.4ft tall, fair in complexion, single,(never married ) and presently i am residing here in Dakar as a result of the civil war that was fought in my country some years ago.

My late father Dr Usman Bello was the managing director of RICHARD COCOA INDUSTRIES (Ltd) in KIGALI (the capital city of Rwanda my country) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father in cold blood.

It was only me that is alive now and I managed to make my way to a near by country SENEGAL where i am leaving now as a refugee under a Revrend father's care and i am using his computer to send these message to you.

i am contacting you for urgent business porpoise. wish you will assist me received my money and earn your 30% of the total amount of US$8.2million) Eight million two hundred thousand United State Dollars.which my late father intend to invest in to real Estate and industrial production before his death, so if you are interested to assist and received this fund from the C.M.S Bank Of Senegal, where this fund has been head. then you can write me on my private
Email, merianbello22@yahoo.com <mailto:merianbello22@yahoo.com> and upon your response I Will tell you more about on how will can achieve this successfully.
best regards.
Merian Bello,

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