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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)
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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: soniss john <soniss_john2007865@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <sonis200768@indiatimes.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:54:45 +0000
Subject: REPLY ASEP;



Dear Sir/Madam
This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.
I am Mrs ROSE SONIS,a widow with a son and a daughter from Liberia but presently seeking asylum in ACCRA GHANA. Our problem started after the death of my husband who was killed by rebel soildiers during the crises in Liberia.My late husband was a minister during the reign of President Charles taylor in Liberia. After the death of my husband,we escaped to GHANA to seek asylum. But before the death of my husband he deposited the sum of $ 12.5M TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS with a finance security company in Ghana. He kept this money in a create box,but the company does not know that it is money that is in the box.At the time of deposit he told the security company that it is family treasure that is contained in the box.When my late husband notice the insecurity in our country,he instructed the security company to move the box of money to CHINA,but unfortunately my husband was killed without accomplishing his wish. I am writting you this email for you to help us to move this money to your country and also help us to invest the money in a relaible business.My son is presently in China seeking asylum,so I want you to contact my son in CHINA through this email address and arrange with him on how to get this FUND moved to your country: Please we are prepared to offer you 20% of this money if you can help us.I want you to know that this transaction is risk free. If you are prepared to help us, i will give you my son contact in China ,who is seeking asylum, and the name of my son is John SONIS. So please reply me as soon as possible.
Thank you sir, Rose.


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