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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:
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (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.
  
• 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.
  • mrs.beth0@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Beth Taylor"<mrs_beth10@myway.com>
Reply-To: mrs.beth0@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:46:58 -0500 (EST)
Subject: With All Respect,


With All Respect,I know that this letter might be a surprise to you but do consider itas emergency and this will benefit both of us. I am Mrs Beth Taylor,from Liberia Monrovia 57years old and I reside here in Nigeria with myonly son Taylor.We are here in Lagos Nigeria because of the fund $ 20.5m (Twenty Million five Hundred Thousand USD) my late husband former minister of finance during the regimeof Charles Taylor deposited in the Security/finance house which we wantto move out from here to your country for investment please contact mewith this my private e-mail address (mrs.beth0@yahoo.com.hk) forfurther clarification. Please I need your assistance. I do hope to hear fromyou soon.Thanks.Mrs Beth Taylor

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