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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.
  • harrjohn1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "harrison john" <harrjohn@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: harrjohn1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:40:20 +0400
Subject: good day

Dear Friend,
My name is Mr. Harrison John, working with a gold mining company in Ghana West Africa {Koruna Mining Company}.

During one of my business trips to Liberia, I met with MR. FOSTER COLMAN, a politician and one of the former Ministers, during President Charles Taylor's government in Republic of LIBERIA and hence we became close. He later engaged my services to assist him make some deposits in our company for safe keeping.

Now I have received instructions from him to look for a reliable foreign partner/investor who can receive and manage the fund for him until his ordeal with his Government is over. Currently he is under detention and probe. His offence is politically motivated {He is aspiring for the office of the president come next election}.

However the money originated from gratification under the counter sales of copper in his ministry. The amount is $10,600,000.00 USD. It is upon these facts that I made a trip to DUBAI in UNITED ARABS EMIRATES (UAE). If you can work with me and also render your good help honestly as requested by my friend, you are welcomed. You will be adequately rewarded for assisting with %.

I await your earliest response. I'll give you my phone number if you are genuinely
Interested so we can really talk. Please for confidential reasons reply only to
harrjohn1@yahoo.co.uk

Kind Regards.

Harrison John.

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