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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:
  • "monrovia" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Ester Anna <es5an@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 05:48:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please Dear !


Dear Sir,

Greetings !

I know this mail may come to you as a surprise considering the fact that we have not had any formal acquitance before,but before all the same I would want you for the Christ's sake to give this an immediate attention in view of the fact that the security of our live and possession is at stake,hence my aim of contacting you. I want you to be my foreign partner,

I got your contact in cause of a serious search in the internet for a reliable foreign partner I am Miss.Ester Anna the daugther of a late Mr.Peter Anna, Who died two years ago when Revolutionary United Front Rebels(R.U.F) attacked our residence in Monrovia,Liberia following the cease fire agreement which was reached with the help of United Nations peace keeping troops,I my mother and my immediate younger sister left our country to Dakar,Senegal for asylum.I am also to inform you that my late father lodged the sum of (US$6.4 m) U.S Dollars, in the Finance Film in Europe, under my name as the frist child now I and my family,my younger sister had been granted asylum in Dakar - Senegal under (UNHCR).

Sir,I want you to help me retrieve this money from the Finanace Film in Europe to your country.Your help in helping us would make us to relocate from here to your country for a better life.
I would gladly appreciate every effort you would assist for me to have a new breath of life.I also hope that in entrusting you would not let me down.I look forward to hearing from you soon and the details informations would be sent to you.
please you can contact me with this E.mail. May God bless you in touching your heart to help me.
Thanks.
Yours Sincerely,
Ester Anna


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