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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • jmonica_monica@personal.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Monica." <sal_yal0013@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:25:33 +0000
Subject: Very Urgent Please. (From Monica)

MONICA JOHNSON
101 LIBERTE 4
DAKAR SENEGA
jmonica_monica@personal.ro <mailto:jmonica_monica@personal.ro>
Hello My Dear ,
Good day and Compliments,
My name is Miss Monica Johnson. from Sierra-Leone, the daughter of Dr. Jerry Johnson .Former Personal Assistance to the present Minister for Mines and Natural Resources in-charge of the diamond production sales in my country Sierra-Leone.After Months of endless search for my late father's partner who resides in your country,i have decided to turn my faith to God for help. My hope is that you can be of assistance to me.I want to invest my inheritance in your country but i have no person to rely on,hence i decided to contact you.I hope you veiw this my appeal with sympathy as all that surpose to protect me and my mother has turned out to be against us.
Immediately i get your reply,i will furnish you with all about me and all other things that you may need to know about the fund to be invested. Please,if How i contacted you is not okay with you,do not hesitate to tell me and provide another address where i will be contacting you.
Expecting to hear from you soon.
Yours Faithfully,
Monica.

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