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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)
  • "million united states 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)
• 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.
  • mr_kabiahsolmon@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: solmon kabiah <mr_kabiahsolmon@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:41:11 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From:Mr Slomon Kabiah James


From:Mr Slomon Kabiah James
 
Dearest,
 
I look forward to hear from you through this my private email address:(
 mr_kabiahsolmon@yahoo.fr)  I am Mr.Slomon Kabiah James from Sierra Leone i am an opharn being  that i lost my only late father for  a couple of some years ago and i am the only son 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 USD dollars )Fifteen million United States Dollars) which  he deposited
to the security company for safe keeping and the security company did not know the real content of the box. 
 
And now i am  realy in need of that cash trunk box to invest with it in your country and i want you to do me a favour to receive this cash trunk box in your country so that i will come over to your country to stay with you as soon as the cash trunk box come over to your country because the security company is now ready to release the cash trunk box for me also promise me that before the cash trunk box  will release for me unless they hear instruction from my late father foreign associate and base on this i contacted you for assistance to contact the security company as my late father foreign associate because they said that my late father deposited the cash trunk box to their security valt as family valuable belonging to his foreign associate and he did not mention any name.Also i have plans to do investment with you in your country,
 
 like real estate and industrial production as soon as the cash runk box come over there. This is my reasons  for writing to you...At the conclusion of this business Please if you are willing to assist me indicate your interest in replying soonest through this my private email address below:( mr_kabiahsolmon@yahoo.fr) i will ofer you 35% from the total money as soon as the cash trunk box come over to your country while the remaining 5% will be for the expenses.
 
I look forward to hear from you
 
Regards,
Mr Slomon Kabiah James

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