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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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: Frederick Yormie <fred.yormie1@postiloota.net>
Reply-To: fred.yormie@postiloota.net
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:13:52 +0200 (IST)
Subject: Hello


From Frederick Yormie.

This mail may be a surprise to you because i have
not meet
with you,also you do not know me in person, but
before I tell you
about myself I will startby counting on you that
you will handle this
business with otmost maturity and confidentiality it
deserves, and please
forgive me for sending this mailwithout your
permission.

I am Frederick Yormie, 23 years old and the son of
the late DEPUTY MINISTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA ( MR. JOHN WINPOE
YORMIE)My father, was killed by some soldiers
believed to be loyal to the then President CHARLES
TAYLOR government
because of my father's objection to some certain
policies of his brutal regime and war crimes.

Shortly after the news of my fathers death came to
us on sunday the 13TH OF JULY 2003, I rush into my
father rooms, during the search for some documents
in my father's room I came accross some vital
documents and the key to a secret vault in the
house.I took the key
and went down towhere the vault is and there I
discovered (Two Metal
Boxes) which were carefully hidden.

With the aid of the documents I was able to open the
box only to find out that the trunk were full of
money in hundred
dollar bills.

I could not count the money because I was very shock
to see it and again it is too much for me to count
but the documents that I recovered in my
father's room which led me to the box put the money
at us45.000,000.00(Forty
FiveMillion Dollars).

I locked it back carefully with my Mother and
arranged for the boxes to

be moved with the help of a (Diplomatic courier) to
a security firm in
the Netherlands for safe-keeping and onward
Transfer. We did
not declare the content of the box as money to the
firm, We only
declare it as family valuablesand treasury.

At this moment I am living in GHANA as a political
Refugee, the code of conduct bureau of offense in my
country does not permit me any member of my
familyto: (a) Operate an offshore account. (b)
Own a foreign company.

This is my primary aim of seeking your assistance to
secure this money
for me and my imidiate family.

I would have given you my telephone number so that
you can call me in
order to discuss the issue better, but I'm afraid to
do so because I have too many people around me who I
do not want them to know of the money but I thank
God, that i have access to the (internet) I think it
will be better to communicate by E-MAIL, untill we
can make proper and solid
arrangements about how to move the money.

I wish to meet with you if you can make a trip to
The
netherland, Never

mind about your expenditure it will be taken care
of, though
I may not be able to send some money to you right
now but i promised,
you will be

compesated as soon as this business is finanlised
and not only that,I
am ready to offer30% of the money to you for your
assistance. It is not
that I am paying you but as a sign of appreciation
for every
of your
effort in this business.

Please I wish that this assistance be treated highly
confidential, I
will appreciate if you respond to my private email:
(PLEASE YOU PUT
MAIL HERE OK) Thanks for your anticipated effort
and God
bless,myprivate email:fredyormie@postiloota.net or
call me
00233209425772


NB: YOU CAN CONTACT THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR
CONFIRMATION.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm

yours respecfully,

Frederick Yormie

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