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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)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • stella4bco@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Stella Bcokarie" <stella41bco@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: stella4bco@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:38:05 +0100
Subject: Miss Stella Bcokarie


STELLA BCOKARIE
DAKAR SENEGAL

Please Dear ,

It gives me pleasure to make your aquaintance and
wish to tell you all about me wish I would like you to do too,
I am originally from Sierra Leone and living currently in senegal
and my parents died during the war in my country and my late father
deposited money in a bank which is $ 8.3 Million US Dollars and
as a result of this war I did not finish my education and which
I want to finish it any day things get better.

I am staying in refugee camp here in Dakar senegal i was helped
by our church pastor who I told about all my plight which made
him to give me access to internet, and I write through his computer .
Please my main aim of contacting you is to ask for your help to claim
this fund from the bank because according to my age and refugee status
I am not legible to apply for claiming of this fund due to my under age ,
I am still 23 years old and I did not want any body to know about this
fund before ,it was this week when I was thinking about the pains that
I am facing while having such amount in bank which i am the next of kin ,
I now decide to contact you and to confide in you my secret with belief
that you will help me get the money out of the bank which I will compensate you.

I am confiding in you my secret with the strong faith that you will not
betray me or run away with the money once you claim it .
Please i want you to stand as my late father business partner for
claiming of the fund of which i will give you power of attorney so as
to enable you have right over the deposited fund and also request
for immediate transfer of the fund into your bank account for an
investment project in your country.If you are willing and ready to
assist me towards this transaction,i promise to offer you 20% from
the total fund while 5% will be for any expenses you made during
the transfer process.As i told you before my main concern is to
come over there for the completing of my education while you will
carry on with the investment project as soon as the transaction is
completed and the total fund in question get into your position.
Please your fast response towards this transaction will be very much welcome at

stella4bco@yahoo.com

Thanks,

Miss Stella Bcokarie

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