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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:
  • "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: "From Forday." <cforday3@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: cforday5@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 00:42:57 +0100
Subject: Wish to hear from you soon.

Dear,

Please bear with me for sending this letter to you surprisingly. MY name is Mr.Damba Diallo, a young man originally from Liberia in west Africa.My sole purpose of contacting you is for you to assist me in selling in your country or elsewhere of my rough (uncutted) diamonds which weighs 14,220 carats,from (3-45 carats),(3kg gross)on the scale,("H"VS-1
quality), all rough and worths about(US$8 Million).(EIGHT MILLION DOLLERS)

The diamonds was deposited by my late father in a holding firm here in Dakar-Senegal, and it is waiting for my order to be transfered as I am the "NEXT OF KIN" to the deposit as it is indicated in all the depositional documents.

Wish to hear from you soon.
Bye and God bless.
Yours Truly
Forday Chea.

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