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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms Shallom Bamandi" <shamandi_16@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: shamandi_12@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 11:03:11 +0000
Subject: Goodday From Ms Shallom Bamandi

Greetings !!

Good day hope fine,dear am writting this mail with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance, i will be very glad if you can render me assistance to my situation now.


I want to formally introduce myself to you. My name is Ms.Shallom Bamandi, A citizen of Liberian. I am presently located in Dakar-Senegal,West Africa. I
am glad to contact you for an assistance in order to secure my life first and to handover my future inheritance in your hand .I have a bonded deposit fund As next of kin of the deposit.

Late Dr.Nathan Bamandi, Is my father and a successful gold and Diamond dealer in the capital city Morovia Liberian. He was assecinated by his business collegues few years back when he is coming back from oversea in business trip, my mother and my only junior sister died in motor accidents last year on the way droping her to school but before this last incidents , my mother called me one day and showed me all the documents of my fathers property .

After the burial my uncle have to occpied all my fathers property and starting treating me like a slave even he don't want to see me with his naked eye, so i decide to flew out of his sight for my life.,But glory be to God that i picked out the most document which my father used to deposit a huge of money outside the country

He made a deposit and my name's happen to appear as the next of kin of the deposit i look for a reputable person that can be trusted in his hand for my life and future investments under his control Amount for the investment is $7.500.000.00 Us.Dollars,

Please note that i shall only depend on your able cooperation to assist and take me as your Daughter and help me to comeover to your country and stay together with your family and continue my education with better life.

Please if you are so kind as to assist me I shall send to you all vital informations for your confirmation regarding the finanace and firm company where the fund was lodged.

I will be happy to hear from you.God Bless you as you consider my plea.

Looking forward for your positive reply.

Yours Truly,

Ms Shallom Bamandi

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