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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:
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • lilianjohnsson@box.az

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms, Lilian Johnsson" <lilian_johnsson@box.az> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lilian_johnsson@cashette.com
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 03:43:25 +0000
Subject: From Ms, Lilian Johnsson

My dearest,

How is your day?.i believe everything is fine with you over there. Mine here is very
hot and i am living in the refugee camp here in Dakar and am fron liberia monrovia a
25 yers old female . I don't have any relatives now whom we can go to as all our
relatives ran away in the middle of the war.The only person i have now is Rev.Everest
.T, who is the pastor of the (Good News Bible Church of God) here in the camp, he has
been very nice to me since i came here the camp have two hostels one for men the
other for women.The Pastors Tel number is ( +221-487-33-07 ) if you call, please tell
him that you want to speak with me so that he will send for me in the hostel. Call 11
am my time tomorrow please.As a refugee here i don't have any right or privilledge to
any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country.I
want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the
traggic incident that lead to the death of my parents took place.Please listen to
this,i have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me
which i will send to you
latter,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a foreign bank
in which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $6.5M).So i
will like you to transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some
money for me to get my travelling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with
you.Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you
after reading you profile.I like honest and understanding people,truthful and a man
of vision,truth and hardworking.Awaiting to hear from you soonest, through ( lilianjohnsson@box.az )
Yours .
Ms Lilian Johnsson.

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