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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +31641800559 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • lambokaki2006@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lambo Kaki" <lambokaki@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:28:26 +1000
Subject: Attention

Dear friend,
I know it's quite astonishing when a business proposal comes from an
unknown person whom you do not know or have in anyway come in contact
with.

I got your email address when browsing through the internet
so I decided to contact you.,I solicit for your understanding and
co-operation in this transaction that will be benefit to both of us. I am
from Sierra Leone in West Africa,son of a diamond merchant, but presently
residing in the Netherlands{political asylum} due to the unstable political
situation in my country.My proposal to you is,I have Brilliantly and quietly
transferred my capital which involves a very reasonable amount through a
Diplomatic means which I safely deposited with a security company in
exchange to pay a very high interest rates.

I will be willing to invest this fund in your country, of course with your
assistance once I can trust you.I have also decided to give you some
percentage of the total sum if you are able to assist me on the areas of
investment in this transaction as I have practical reasons for not investing
in the Netherlands where I reside at the moment.

It might interest you to know that this transaction is 100% risk free for
both parties.Hence all modalities for efficient security,safety and
successful transaction have been arranged. So please feel free to contact me
through this e-mail address,lambokaki2006@aim.com or call me on phone number
0031-641 800 559 so that we can talk elaborately.Thanks and looking forward
to your swift response.

Sincerely,

Lambo Kaki

Anti-fraud resources:

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