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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)
  • "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.
  • saraberkely2007@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: saraberkely@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:54:35 +0300
Subject: FROM:Mrs.Sara Berkley

FROM:Mrs.Sara Berkley

Dear Friend,

I am writing to solicit your help in a business venture.My name is Sara Berkley, onfidential Secretary/Personal Assistant to the arrested Former Liberian President, Charles Ghankon Taylor who was arrested on Thursday 30th March 2006 after our planed escaped from Custody where we had been for the past three Years failed.

I narrowly escape from being arrested at Gamboru Boarder town on our way to Cameroun, but my boss was arrested and immediately flown to Sierra leone were he is now facing a trial for alleged war crimes.

WHY CONTACTING YOU

At the Moment, I am still in a town in Cameroun with one of my boss briefcase containing documents related to a certain

deposit equivalent of $75m dollars that was deposited with a Finance House since 4 years ago. Considering my 19th years service to my boss without nothing to write home about, I need your assistances (to Execute this transaction since time to attain my own financial majesty for this opportunity MAY never come my way again) by standing to receive this money on my behalf from the Finance House/company for investment in
your country.

If you know you are not going to betray the trust I about to repose in you, please send to me without delay, your name and address, phone and fax, so that I will send to you the details of how to go about claiming the deposit for save keeping pending when I will come over to your country for my share and Investment. For your anticipated Assistance, you will be offer 30% of the total sum.

NO risk involve, because I am not a wanted person, and with look of things, there is no way my boss could free himself from a ten count charges pressed against him now. So that gave me the much-needed time to transfer the (Deposit) funds out from the Finance House/company. All that is needed of you is your unflinching support and transparent honesty.

Your earliest response is needed.All communication should be my email for now for security reasons and my email address is:

saraberkely2007@yahoo.com.hk
I await your quick response.

Thanks.

Mrs. Sara Berkley
EMAIL: saraberkely2007@yahoo.com.hk

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