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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: jerry peters <jerrypeters001@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:52:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REPLY URGENT MESSAGE


Dear Friend,

You may be surprised to receive my letter. I got your contact from the internet during my desperate search for a saviour and a partner. I have decided to contact you for confidential, urgent and rewarding joint business.

My name is Major JERRY PETERS, I am a Personal Assistant and nephew to the embattled President of liberia who is now under united nation security council being try for war offence in Sierra Leone, MR CHARLES TAYLOR .We both left our country to seek asylum in a neigbouring country as a result of the opposition party activities and intervention of other African countries.

The purpose of writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest person, whom I can entrust the sum of US$18,000,000 in his/her care.

This money is presently in care of a security company in part of west africa, they are the one that help move the money out of nigeria at the outbreak of the strugle to arrest the former president from nigeria last month .

According to my earlier agreement with the security company in charge,i am suppose to meet them in their office on the 5th of August but i could not travel out of our host country where I am on assylum, hence I am asking for your assistance to help take delivery of this fund into your care pending when I will secure travel documents to come over to your country.


If you accept this offer we shall share the money as follows: For you 25%, 75% for me.

I have all the title documents to the fund which I can transfer to you to enable you, have access to it. Be assured that it is risk-free and legitimate.


Please advise me on your position by e-mail immediately, indicating your phone and fax numbers.

I await your prompt reply.

Major JERRY PETERS



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