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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • linda_4trust@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Linda Kalabi <l_kalabi@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: linda_4trust@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:24:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please help me


Dear Mr. Marcel Haisma

Permit me to inform you about my desire to go into business relationship with you.
I am Linda Kalabi the only daughter of late Chief Bernard Kalabi, my father was a very rich Gold and cocoa merchant, based in Sudan, before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings to discuss on a business deal.

Before the death of my father in a private hospital where he was admitted in my country Sierra-Leone, he called me secretly to his bed side and told me that he kept a sum of $US13 Million deposited in a private security company in Ghana west Africa That he used my name Linda Kalabi as the next of kin in deposit of the fund he also explained to me that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his business partner and that I should seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice where I would transfer this money and use it for an investment purpose, such as: real estate investment or stock market investment and he also said we should not invest this funds here in Africa due to economical instability facing Africa countries and reasons best know to him. I am honorably soliciting your kind assistance as follows.

To assist I and my mother claim this funds from the security company here in Ghana to you in your country so that I and my mother can come over to you and invest with the funds, this funds are lodged in one trunk box [consignments] with a key code, without the security company knowing the content of the consignment, because it was deposited by my late father as a family belongings so that the officials of the security company will not raise eyebrow to the funds. right now I and my mother is seeking a political asylum here in Ghana as a refugee .we have made our intention known to the security company that very soon my foreign partner will be coming to withdraw the boxes for me in their security company. And the director has assured me of their readiness to release the box [consignments] to you on demand.

To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educational Career and to procure me a residential permit in your country’s as soon as the consignment have been delivered to you through the diplomatic carrier of the security company. I will offer you 25% of the total sum of the money from the fund as compensation to you after the fund get to your country. Please, I will be very happy if this transaction will be concluded as soon as possible. I am expecting hearing from you as soon as possible.

N.B: I will like you to give me your direct telephone and fax number in your reply of this proposal. And note that we have all legal documents backing up the claims which shall be send to you on demand, And please you should keep this transaction confidential until the consignment have been claimed by you and delivered to you in your country by the security company and I and my mother have come over to you,

I will also like to tell you that if you can come to Ghana for the claim for you to see the consignment box face to face before entering into partnership with me you can notify me, so that we can send you an invitation letter. Please you can get to me through my private email: linda_4trust@yahoo.com because of high rate of scams in Africa
May almighty God bless you as you do care for an orphan like me, anticipating hearing from you?


Thanks
Linda Kalabi
Next Of Kin


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