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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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: Terry Frank <terryfrank30@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <terry.frank2001@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:41:13 +0100
Subject: Good Day.



Dear Sir/Madam I decided to contact you since I was searching for my friend’s particulars from the internet that happen to bear the same surname with you. I lost his particulars when we were urgently packing our belongings out of my country to Nigeria because of the urgency of our movement. I knowthat I am taking a risk, but one has to take a risk sometimes in order to succeed in life. My name is Mr Terry Frank, I am a cousin to Charles .W. Taylor, the embattled president of Liberia. Presently, Until now, the international community spearheaded by the United Nations organization (UNO) ordered that bank accounts of former Liberian president, Charles Taylor and colleaques must be frozen anywhere in the world including his valuable assets.However, I have in some where a deposited reasonable amount of money with a company, that I will mention Name to you. Once you indicate your interest to stand as my beneficiary and Next of Kin. I will write/ instruct the company that you are my beneficiary and next of kin and also tell you and them the next to do for immediate delivery.I will wait for your immediate intervention.Very truly yours,Mr Terry Frank
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