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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)
  • "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: odinga cecilia <cecinga1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:31:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM CECILIA ODINGA


Hello dear,
I am so sorry sending you this unsolicited and unexpected mail. I got
your contact from a Business directory in my agents office and I decided
to contact you directly for the sake of business.

My full Name is Cecilia Odinga .I am from a respectable family in
Liberia though my late parents Dr.Samauel Odinga died years back asa
result of war.I am now searching for a reliable and experience business
partner in Asia. I have about $7.6 Million Dollars and I would want to invest it under your guidance so I am only soliciting for your assistance
to help me invest it.
My Business is totally free of risk and trouble.
pls do contact me for us to discuss in details how to go about it.
Thank you once again for your interest and waiting for your reply.
Best Regards,
Miss.Cecilia Odinga



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