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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.
  • promisekavin@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Ms. Promise." <prromisekavin@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: promisekavin@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 23:55:28 +0200
Subject: Plz Your Urgent Reply Is Needed !


Dear

Good day to you, I'm 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 have gone through your site 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. Am Miss Promise
Kevin 22 years old girl from Liberia,the only daughter of
Late Daved 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 Marriam 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 in Finance Firm 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 firm,am a girl and too young in age cann't
handle this can of transaction,i want you to stand as
my
foregin partner oversea and also to help me investment
the money as well I have all original copies of the
documents concering this money with me here, You can contact me through this email address : promisekavin@yahoo.com.

So please am expecting to hear from you soon.
My Regards,
Miss Promise Kevin.

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