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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "@lawyer.com" (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.
  
• 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.
  • idahosag@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: charles tariah <charlestl2006@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 03:50:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Urgent.


Attn: VICTIMNAME
Sir,
I am CHARLES TAYLOR, the Former President of Liberia. As you may be aware
that the President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo granted me
asylum in Nigeria and my family and I are presently living in Calabar, Eastern part of
Nigeria. Please I have what I will call my family's last hope money of about
$11,000,000M (eleven million U.S.dollars) to transfer to any foreign trusted person who will help me to invest this fund into any good business as I can no longer have any other means of livelihood. Please if you are interested in helping me to receive this money which is presently with a SECURITY COMPANY abroad, you will be entitled to 20%(though negotiable) of the total fund while the balance will be for me and for the investment in your country. My son may come to your country to start up a business with your assistance. This fund is in a box deposited with the SECURITY COMPANY as a family treasure before leaving for Calabar in Nigeria. The company is not
aware of what is inside the box as I told them that the box belongs to my
friend and family and that I will inform them when my friend will be ready to apply for
the collection of the box with full identifications since I am not allowed to be traveling out of Nigeria. So please I will advise you to stand in as the owner of this box so that as soon as this BOX is DELIVERED to you, you will arrange for proper investment on my behalf in your country. There is no risk in this at all as I will send to you all the necessary documents required to identify you as the owner of the box.
Therefore, if you find this attractive, do get back to me urgently via a return mail on the above or: charles_taylor2006@indaitimes.com and or to my lawyer: idahosag@lawyer.com
God bless you as you help my family.
Yours sincerely,
CHARLES TAYLOR(Former President of Liberia).


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