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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 would like to apply through this medium for your co-operation" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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: Judith Kamarah <judithkamarah71@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: judithkamarah31@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:52:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hello:


Hello.

Compliment of the day, I would like to apply through this medium for your co-operation and to secure an opportunity to you.I miss Judith Kamarah by name i from LIBERIA staying in DAKAR SENEGAL.I am 26 years old girl i am secornd year student on medcine before my father dead during the Liberia war and my mother have left me for a long time i am only chaild i was one year and some month before my mother dead, now i dont have parents.I have surffer a lot as a young girl i lost my last hope 2006 during the Nigeria Belvew plancrash is affect me because is involed my fathers family friend that taking care of me in Dakar senegal here.Plaese if you can help me and assist me my Allmigth God will bless you.Only hope i have now is 100kg of Gold,and( 3.5 million US) dollars my father left to security company before he dead and i have all document of that now with me but keep it secrite to me because of bad people........I looking for a respornsible man hom will help me and rescude
it and take good care of me if porsseble and take me as a wife becuase i need to finished my education is the most inportant thing me abuot my condition.
Please if you are intrested to help God Bless you.
Looking forwarld to your respornd.
JUDITH K......



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