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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "trunk box" (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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • davidomogah2008@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <davidomagah1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: davidomogah2008@hotmail.fr
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:10:41 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Urgent assistant

Dear One in lord


Please expedite action and reply to this my private email

address:( davidomogah2008@hotmail.fr )

I am Mr. David Mohamed Omogah from Sierra Leone we are an opharns being that we lost our only late father for a couple of some years ago and i am the only son and my only junior sister malissa Mohamed Omogah. My late father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death .

He was assassinated January 2006 by the rebels following the political uprising.Before his death he had a family valuable cash trunk box to the tune of ($15M dollars )which he deposited to the security company for safe keeping and the security company did not know the real content of the box.
that is they did not know that the cash trunk box contains money.

I want you to do me and my only junior sister a favour to receive this cash trunk box in your country or any safer place as my late father foreign associate the beneficiary / reciever of the cash trunk box so that i will came over to your country with my junior sister to stay with you as soon
as the money ship into your country because the security company said that before the cash trunk box will ship into your country unless they hear instruction from my late father foreign associate and base on this i contacted you for assistance.

I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production. This is my reason for writing to you.

Please if you are willing to assist us indicate your interest in replying soonest i will ofer you 10% of the total money.

Thanks and best regards,


Mr David Omogah and Sister melissa


Please expedite action and reply to this my private email

address:( davidomogah2008@hotmail.fr )
Urgent assistant


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