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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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: "david duncan" <davidduncan41@unimail.mn>
Reply-To: duncandavid@rocketmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:26:58 +0100
Subject: Assistance


*DAVID DUNCAN,
BUJUMBRA REFUGEE CAMP, ACCRA,
GHANA.WEST AFRICA.


My Dear,

I am David Duncan, 25 years old, a Liberian and son of late Major Johnson
Duncan, a former command assistant of the Revolutionary United Front.My
late father was before his untimely death was a diamond dealer and led most
of the campaigns of the R.U.F, he was later caught and executed by the
government soldiers. I, also in a similar ugly incident lost my mother and
two sisters 5 years ago when some unknown soldiers busted into our house and
fired aimlessly at the members of my family, killing my mother and 2 sisters
at the spot and injuring my younger brother, George, while I was away.

After all these mutiny, ruthless killings and the then prevailing undue
inhumanity against mankind in our country,during the civil war in Liberia, I
and my younger brother George,decided to leave Liberia for another country,
Ivory Coast, in a view of retrieving our late father's money which he had
deposited with a finance house in Accra, Ghana, West Africa, before his
death.He had told us about this money (US$3 Million) which he had
accumulated from the sales of diamond for so many years and all the
documentations concerning this money and where it was deposited.

We were in Ivory Coast for some time until another civil war started in that
country too, and due to the ugly experience of war we witnessed in our
country, Liberia, years back, we didn't want to stay in the Ivory Coast
again, so we escaped the war in Ivory Coast and came down to the Republic of
Ghana, which is a neighbouring country to Ivory Coast.We came into this
country about one week now, and we are presently staying in the Bujumbra
refugee camp situated at Bujumbra, Accra, Ghana, although we are not
comfortable here due to the poor condition of food,health and medicare in
the refugee camp, especially, no sufficient food and medical supply.

We are now managing in a small apartment in the refugee camp, as indicated
in the address above and hope to travel abroad to live as soon as we receive
this money and our travel papers are ok. We have since contacted this
finance house here in Accra, Ghana, and made our plans of retrieving our
father's money (US$ 3 Million) known to them, as we have the necessary
documents to show as proof of ownership which they have also accepted.

We are contacting you to assist us in transferring this money to your
country and help us make the subsequent and necessary investments overseas,
due to our inexperience in international businesses.Due to our young ages,
we are legally not permited to handle such huge amount of money in Africa
and this is the reason why we are looking for a matured and experienced
person who can lead us through as a father.

Please, we need a trust worthy and sincere person to lead us through this
and we are open and willing to negotiate terms and areas of compensation and
investment opportunities to the benefit of all parties concerned.You can
declare your willingness to assist us by replying this mail.

You should forward the following requirements to me.

1. Your International Passport or Driver's Licence for identification
purpose.

2. Your Current contact Address

3. Your personal and direct telephone numbers.

4. The Bank Account information that will be used for the transfer of the
money.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation.

David Duncan
*

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