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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "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.
  • adamatankoh02@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM MISS ADAMA TANKOH" <atankoh@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: adamatankoh02@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 12:11:39 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR

My Dear,

Good day to you, I hope fine, dear am writing 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 have gone through your profile
and will be very glad if you can render me assistance
to my situation now.

I will make my proposal well known if I am given the
opportunity. I would like to use this opportunity to
introduce myself to you. I am Miss Adama tankoh, A 20
years old girl from Liberia, the only daughter of Late
Chief Dr.Abubakar tankoh, the deputy minister of
national security under the leadership of president
Charles Taylor of Liberia who is now in exile after
many innocent soul were killed.

My father was killed by the government of Charles
Taylor, he accuse my father of coup attempt and after
a month my mother Chief Mrs. Cynthia, was also killed.
The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek
for your assistance in the area of my future
investment and also i want to hand over some huge
amount of money to you.

This money is six Million five Hundred Thousand US
Dollars which was deposited some years ago by my
father he made me the sole beneficiary/next of kin to
the money. I am now asking you to stand on my behalf
to make this claim for the finance company, I am a
girl and too young in age i can't handle this can of
transaction, i want you to stand as my foreign partner
oversea and also to help me investment the money. I
will give you details about the deposit as you respond
to my request.

I have all original copies of the documents concerning
this money with me here, So please am expecting to
hear from you soon.
pls contact me by my privect email adress adamatankoh02@yahoo.com
Yours Truly,

Adama tankoh.

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