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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:
  • "million us 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)
  • "barr." (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.
  • barr_collins@codehot.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SGT BELLO <belosgt_nigarmy@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: barr_collins@codehot.co.uk
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 13:58:53 +0400
Subject: CAN WE WORK BY TRUST????......................


ATTN: MD/CEO
Kindly accept my apology for writing you. Please I need your urgent assistanse.
I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that my daughter sourced your profile from a human resource database on your country.
Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation in Liberia but it has formed Consistent headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins
about the arrest of the former liberian PRESIDENT, CHARLES TAYLOR.
Like i said above, my name is SGT BELLO, The one who arrested the PRESIDENT, CHARLES TAYLOR . as he was trying to excape from Nigeria to other country, in the appsent of our PRESIDENT CHEIF OLUSHEGU OBASANJO during his visit to the United State of America.
Before his arrest, I found in his possession the sum of $21.5 million us dollars.
So my dear this is where you are to help me,I want to deposit the money into your account. all that is needed is for my lawyer to procure the necesry documents for transfer of the funds to your forign account. I want to asure you that I will remunerate you with 20% of the total sum at the end, but most of all is that I solicit your trust and honesty in this transaction. I have been confined only to our country home and all my calls are monitored, so I will advise you to contact my private ATTORNEY BARR COLLINS BELLO based in United Arab Emirates on his e-mail contact stated below for onward proceedings: -
NAME: BARR.COLLIINS BELOH (ATTORNEY)
E-MAIL:barr_collins@codehot.co.uk
Kindly include your Full Name, Private Telephone and Fax Numbers where You can always be reached, your Residential or Company Address to enable him send detailed information/documents that will enable you receive the fund without any problem or risk either now or in future as all modalities has been effected.
Immediately the fund is confirmed in your custody,my daughter will then leave here to meet you for my own part of the fund.Please trustworthy is the watchword of every decency.Please note that as for now,it remains confidential between us.
Please your urgent response is highly needed.
Best Regards.
SERGENT. M.BELLO.

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