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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "BARRISTER NANA PRINCE" <prince_2000@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nana_esq@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:55:44 -0800
Subject: IN GOD WIE BE FAITHFULLY

Attn,
My name is BARRISTER NANA PRINCE the attorney of the former president of liberia MR CHARLES TAYLOR who is presently in political assylum. Before his asylum,my client handed over to me some documents containing his deposit in one of the security company here in ghana ,and he instructed me to move this consignment out of ghana through a diplomatic courier.

The two sealed trunk boxes contains money worth of( $30.8)Thirty million eight hundred thousand united states Dollars now with the diplomat in Ghana. I am now seeking your assistance to help me collect this boxes out from the diplomat and my client has aggreed to compensate you with percentage of 30% out of the total sum for your noble assistance and 5% for any expenses that may incurred ,like you travelling from your country to Ghana to meet the diplomat and also assisting to pay the diplomat charges and dumorage that might have incured for the safe keeping in Ghana and the remaining 65% will be for his family and you will also assist him invest it in a very lucrative business in any where in the western world. Your urgent response and assistance is highly needed as i am informing you to keep this deal very confidentially as you have to know that my client is still in political problem with his country and the country will be interested to know where my client k!
ept some of his assets.
As soon as you confirm your interest, all further information will be passed to you as to enable you procced in getting this transaction excuted. Do send me your cell-phone number,fax number and contact address so we can proceed further on this transaction. Thanks and my kind regards

Yours faithfully

BARR NANA PRINCE MATINS
ATTORNEY AT LAW

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