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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)
  • "former president of liberia" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (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: "Beverly Murray" <infoatg@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:49:30 +0100
Subject: Madam Bever Murray

My Dear,
My name is Madam Beverly Murray. A citizen of the United States of america,i am married with Mr. Sherif Lawal Murray who worked with former President of Liberia Mr. Charles Taylor, he was one of the special advisers of president Charles Taylor, my husband was assassinated on the 10/08/2003 during the civil war. We were married for eleven years with only one child.I inherited a total sum of 16 million dollars from my late husband, this money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a security and finance company here in United States of america. Due to the instruction I laid down before I deposited the box,that I needed maximum security/safety of my consignment and no body can trace the where about of the box until I am ready and prepare to claim it. for this reason the security company used their diplomatic means to send the box out of United States to Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire where they have their underground secrete vault. This deposit was coded under a se
cret arrangement as a family treasure. This means that the security company does not know the content of this trunk box that was sent from the United States to Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire under a diplomatic coverage for safe keeping.My main purpose of sending you this mail is because ofthe political crisis that is about to go on in Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire which i am very afraid that anything might happen in that country and that is way I need a trustworthy person to give this priority of shipping the box of money to any address that you think is very secure and save in your country for onward investment of the fund since my present situation is very bad for me to handle this transaction all alone due to my hart sickness,which i am even hospitalize while writing this mail to you.
And also your percentage of which weshall chat on soon.There is need for urgent action because I'm paying $50 dollars per day as a demurrage to the security company for safe keeping this consignment. I will send you the Authorization Certificate to call them in my next mail which is the Certificate of deposit that they gave me on the very day when the box of money was deposited under their company.
I give thanks immensely for your co-operation as Ilook forward to hear from you soon.
All the best,
Madam Beverly Murray.

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