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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("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.
  
• 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.
  • timothyolaka@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • email.timothyolaka@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "timothy Olaka" <tim_olakaboth@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: timothyolaka@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:27:41 +0000
Subject: Investment


From: Timothy Olaka.
Address:plot 13 west legon,
Accra Ghana.
Email:timothyolaka@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,
My name is imothy Olaka, I'm a liberian citizen who is now staying in
Accra Ghana . I have contacted you to assist me and receive some money in
your country which was supposed to be recieved to Mr. Ibrahim Musa of Dubai,
UAE.

I inherited this US$12million (TWELVE MILLION USA) dollars from my
father who was a director in Liberian Diamond Cooperation before the war in
Liberia, Beleive me , that this is reality and you need not to worry about
anrisk,from the diplomat who will deliver the money to you in your country.

Mr. Ibrahim was the person that was supposed to receive this money on my
behalf as my father foreign partner in Dubai,but because of his gredness, I
had to call back the consignment when the diplomat reached Dubai to deliver
to him,I and Mr. Ibrahim agreed that we will pay him 20 percent of the 12
million dollars as his reward for receiving the money, but immediately the
diplomat came to Dubai and was about to deliver,Mr. Ibrahim started making
greedy demands and demand for 50 percent of my money instead of the agreed
20 percent, that was the reason why we had to call the consignment back.

Rigth now the consignment is l in Birmingham International Airport
(UK),I want you to assure me that you will be trust worthy for i want you to
receive the money for me in your country and help me to invest it in a good
prifitable business.

please note that the diplomat will be moving to your distinetion to
delievr the consignment as soon as you forward me your address and your
telephone number.please reply me also through my private
email.timothyolaka@yahoo.com.
Please get back to me, i am waiting.
Thank and God bless you,
Timothy Olaka

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