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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:
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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: Benson Kamara <besonkamara25@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: besonkamara@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:01:26 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From Benson Kamara Pleasec Reply Me


Dear One,

I am sorry to disturb or to take your time. My name is Benson Kamara, a political refugee from LIBERIA. I am contacting you because i need a very reliable foreign partner who is in a position of trust and has the ability to maintain a transaction which requires utmost confidentiality. The deal in brief is that, in the cause of the civil
war in Liberia, My father who happens to be a close associate of top government officers was able to make for himself up to $8.5 M USD (Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand) .Before his assasination last year,he was able to deposit the money in a bank. His death has made me the full beneficiary of the money since i am his eldest child and because of the fact that i lost my mother and my 2 brothers to the civil war.

Now, i need a trust worthy foreign partner who will assist me invest the money in real estate business or any viable business in your country. I know you could be in position to assist and participate in realizing this transaction, please contact me immediately with the above email address

on areas of investment you think will be profitable to me and the procedures to follow.
Your response would be highly appreciated.
Regards,
Benson Kamara.



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