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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:
  • "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: "MICHAEL JOHNSON MICHAEL JOHNSON" <michael_jon02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: michael_jon01@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:36:24 +0000
Subject: SO LONG AS WE CAN BE HONEST WITH EACH

MY NAME IS MICHAEL JOHNSON I WORK AT MINISTER OF DEFENCE OF FORMAL
PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR OF LIBERIA,

I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I WANT
INVEST WITH YOU, AS LONG AS YOU CAN MAINTAIN TRUST AND SECRECY, A MONTH
BEFORE WE LEFT OFFICE AN AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS HANDED OVER TO ME FOR
PURCHASING OF ARMS FROM RUSSIA.(US$8.5 MILLION) TO ARRANGE ARMS FOR THE BIG
FIGHT AGAINST REBEL FORCES BEFORE WE WERE ORDERED TO STEP DOWN AND MOVE OUT
OF LIBERIA BY YOUR COUNTRY AMERICA AND THE HEAD OF ECOWAS COUNTRIES,

IMMEDIATELY I NOTICE THE FALL OF PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR, I QUICKLY ARRANGE
AND MOVED THE FUND OUT OF LIBERIA THROUGH A DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE FOR
THE STANDARD SECURITY COMPANY IN GHANA , WHERE THE MONEY IS CURRENTLY
DEPOSITED AND DECLARED AS A FAMILY TREASURE.CURRENTLY. I AM OUT OF LIBERIA
AND DECIDED TO HIDE HERE IN ACCRA GHANA FOR MAIN TIME WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE
OF CHARLES TAYLOR AND MY FRIENDS , FOR SECURITY REASONS.

THEREFORE I AM SOLICITING FOR YOUR URGENT HELP TO SECURE THIS FUND PROPERLY
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR JOINT INVESTMENT BETWEEN YOU AND ME SO LONG AS WE CAN
BE HONEST WITH EACH OTHER. I AM GOING TO MAKE YOU THE BENEFICIARY TO THIS
FUND AS TO ENABLE YOU RETRIEVE THESE CASH OUT FROM THE DEPOSITED HOUSE HERE
ACCRA GHANA,

WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

YOUR TRULY
MICHAEL JOHNSON

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