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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "the consignment " (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: MARY GHANKANYON WILIAMS <mary-ghankanyon5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mary_ghakanyon_wiliams@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:37:55 +0100
Subject: FROM MISS. MARY GHANKANYON WILLIAMS




Dearest One I am glad to write you today and I hope it will reach you in good health. I have a proposal inviting you for this transaction, but first let me introduce my self, to be direct and precise, I want you to take me like your daughter and I want you to be the one that will handle and take care of this my inheritance which I got from my late father. I am still a small girl to take full possession of it, I am an orpharn, my mother died when I was just 6 years old and my dad died two years ago, he left this WILL written to his lawyer for me to claim this inheritance, he deposited a consignment with a security company as (family valuables-filming marterials), the lawyer told me that the true content of that consignment deposit is $3.5M (Three million, five hundred thousand united states dollars) I am contacting you because i read your profile, I want to believe that you will be the choosen one from God after much of my prayers and fasting, wanting God to direct and show me to some one that will come out in good faith to help me. Presently, I am in Abidjan and I am a Liberian citizen by birth my father was a very rich coacoa merchant, He travel's to France were he exports coacoa products to European countries. He was murdered cold blooded in France last two years. I want you to help me immediately conclude about it and keep it in your possession. I will travel to meet with you in your country , I am a young girl of 22 years. Now permit me to ask you these few questions : 1. Can you honestly help me?2. Can I completely trust you? .3.What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you when the consignment must have arrived to your possession, while I finalize my education being the only child left in existence from my parents? Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.I will be looking forward to hear from you soon. Thanks and remain blessed.Yours in mind MARY GHANKANYON WILLIAMS
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