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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
• 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.
  • isabelkoromamary@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ISABEL MARY KOROMA" <isabelkaromamary@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: isabelkoromamary@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:38:36 -0700
Subject: I NEED A LITTLE HELP FROM YOU

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mary Isabel Koroma , a daughter to former sierra-leone military leader ,Late Johnny Paul Koroma .
But before his death he secured an inheritance for me in a security company in Spain, worth millions of dollars .
At the moment ,iam residing in sengal as a refuge but i have decided to invest my inherited fund and start a new life .
I will so much appreciate it if you can assist me to invest this money in any profitable business venture and as well help me to relocate out of africa.
Waiting For your Urgent Respond,
Reply me to this mail box. (isabelkoromamary@yahoo.com)
Thanks
Mary Isabel Koroma

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