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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:
  • "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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "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: "Capt obed Michael" <obed_michael42@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: obed_michael33@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:47:42 +0000
Subject: CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY.

Dear Good Friend,

Please pardon my indignation for contacting you via this media. I have no
option for now than to mail you. I know that my letter may seem strange to
you, but I pray God that you give it a fair hearing as you will benefit from
it too.

I am in need of your assistance.....My name is Capt. Obed Michael, I am in
the Engineering Military Unit of Liberia.....I have about $25.5 Million US
dollars I made during the civil war in my country on diamond deal and I have
moved this fund to Ghana and now I want to move this fund out of that
country to your country.

I want to move this fund to your country through diplomatic means, to send
it directly to you or any place of your choice in your country with
diplomatic courier service,.....provided you will assure me of your
capability to secure this fund......untill I will come with my investment
plans on my own share of the fund.

Once the fund get to you, you will take 30% out of this fund and keep 70%
safely for me. My good friend your role in this deal is to set up secured
A/C where you will lodge in my own part of this fund safely untill I come
for it.

Please reply me back immediately if you are interested...I will furnish you
with more details soonest I read your reply.

I guarantee that this deal will be executed under legitimate arrangements
that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Be rest assured of this my good friend.

On your reply please indicate your telephone and fax numbers for easier and
oral communication.

Waiting for your urgent response.

Friendly regards,

Capt. Obed Michael.

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