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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "account in your country or any safer place" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us 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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (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: DORIS WIMPOE <dow07@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <doris_y_20052@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:09:03 +0200
Subject: Dearest Friend.



Dearest Friend. I am Doris Winpoe Yormie, from Liberia. the only daughter of late former minister of national security in Liberia Dr.John Winpoe Yormie, who was killed by Charles taylor in the year 2003, I inherited a total sum of $8.5 million US dollars from my late father, which he deposited with a prime Bank in Abidjan cote d ivoire in a fixed deposit account.
I am presently living in cote d ivoire in a refugees camp and being that this part of the world experiences political crises time without number, there is no guarantee of lives and property.
I want you to do me a favour to receive this funds to a safe account in your country or any safer place as the beneficiary. I have plans to invest this money in continuation with the investment vision of my late father, but not in this place again rather in your country .
I have the vision of going into real estate and industrial production. This is my reason for contacting you. Please if you are willing to assist me I will like you to send me your contact informations such as stated below : 1. Your full name, contact postal address2. Your phone and fax numbers.3. Your occupation.4. Your home address
Once i receive this I will take it to the bank as my late fathers foriegn business partner so that the bank will transfer this money into your account.
Thanks and best regards.
Doris Winpoe Yormie.
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