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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • pauline-6@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From:
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:07:27 +0100
Subject:


I am writting this letter with due respect and

heartful of tears since we have not known or meet

ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance,

I want to find out if it's possible for you to deal

with individual as to investment. I will be so glad

if you can allow me and lead me to the right channel

towards your assistance to my situation now.I will

make my proposal well known to you. I would like to

use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am

Miss Pauline Williams 22yrs old girl from Liberia in

west Africa, I am a daughter of late Dr Tunde Williams

My father Dr Dion was the personal advicer to the

former head of state president Charles Taylor who is

now in prison, before the rebels attacked our house

one early morning killing my mother and my father It

was only me that is alive now, and i managed to make

my way to Senegal where i am staying as a refugee now.




The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek

your assistance in the area of my future investment

and also to help me to transfer the money that he

deposited in a security Vault company over to your

possession. the amount is (US18.3 Million dollars) he

made this deposit some years back,the money was

deposited as a family tresure which i am the next of

kin. Please i am asking you to stand on my behalf as

my partner to claim the money out from the security

company and transferd it into your possition for a

profitable investment in your country.




I will make the procedure to this transaction to be

well know to you and i will give you the contact of

the company so that you will contact them for more

verification.




It will be a great joy for me if you will be in a

position to help. please reply via the email below.


pauline-6@myway.com



Regards,


Pauline Williams

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