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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:
  • "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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • mcin01@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: micheal nnamah <memnnah00@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mcin01@hotmail.fr>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:31:33 +0100
Subject: PERSONAL LETTER OF ASSISTANCE




Hello My Dear,
I am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears. since we have not known or meet ourselves previously, I am asking for your assistance.I want to find out if it's possible for you to deal with individual as to investment.My dear I will be so glad if you lead me to the right channel as an experience person and older person my situation .I will make my proposal well known to you. I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am Mr Micheal Nnamah 26yer old from Liberia in west Africa,I am the son of late Dr Dion nnamah. My father Dr Dion nnamah was the personal advicer to the former head of state president Charles Taylor who is now in exile, The rebels attacked our home one early morning killing my mother and my father.I am the only one that survive and I managed to make my way out of Liberia to Cotonou Republic of Benin where I am staying as a refugee now. I am the only child of my late parents. The main reason why I am contacting you now is for you come down here in Cotonou Republic of Benin in West Africa to assist me cliam the consignment out from the security company where my late father made the deposit .The amount is (US$75 Million ) he made this deposit some years back,the money was deposited for safe keeping as a family tresure which I am the next of kin. Please I am asking you to stand on my behalf as my partner to claim the money out from the security company.I have made up my mind to offer you 25%of the total money and 15% for an expenses you make during this transaction. while the remaining will go into a productive business for me, As I have mention earlier I will make the procedure to this transaction be well known to you and I will give you the contact of the security company so that you will contact them for more verification.please attach your direct and full contact address telephone and fax number as you reply to me.I will be waiting to hear from you.you can get me with my private email address:mcin01@hotmail.fr Regards.
Mr Micheal Nnamah.
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