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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Sankoh Mariam" <sankoh057@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sankoh001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 13:23:51 +0100
Subject: Re:info

Dear Sir/Madam,

From where my family sort refuge under the auspices of UNHCR in Republic of
Guinea since 2003, I Mrs. Mariam Sankoh, wife of the deceased Paul Chieck
Sankoh, a formal freedom fighter or what people may call rebel in Sierra
Leon, decided to write you this mail to solicit your help to move some money
hitherto hidden in a security company to your account anywhere in the world.
It's expedient now since the war has ended and the situation in our country
is gradually coming to normal. My family wants to use this money to invest
in one of the West African countries - precisely in Nigeria. I have
contracted an Attorney in Nigeria to make sure this age long dream of
stabilizing my family is achieved. I have handed him over this deal to
transact with you to ensure that all protocols are observed concerning the
movement of this money so that it does not violate any international law.

Full details will be further given if I hear from you. Also I will
appreciate if you can send me immediately your phone number including mobile
line, fax and your address. Also your position in your company which will
elucidate your ability to handle this money once it is in your hand. Please
note that the transaction is hitch-free since I will give you the document
which my husband used in depositing the money and with the advice of my
lawyer everything will be done professionally. Do note that the success of
the deal depends on you ability to keep it secret.

Regards

Mrs. Mariam Sankoh

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