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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "the consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • mary_g_williams1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mary williams <mary_g_williams007@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:16:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM MARY I SEEK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE


Dearest One
I am glad to write you today and I hope it will reach
you in good health. I
have a proposal inviting you for this transaction, but
first let me
introduce my self, to be direct and precise, I want
you to take me like
your daughter and I want you to be the one that will
handle and take care
of this my inheritance which I got from my late
father.

I am still a small girl to take full possession of it,
I am an orpharn, my
mother died when I was just 6 years old and my dad
died two years ago, he
left this WILL written to his lawyer for me to claim
this inheritance, he
deposited a consignment with a security company as
(family
valuables-filming marterials), the lawyer told me that
the true content of
that consignment deposit is $3.5M (Three million,five
hundred thousand
united states dollars)
I am contacting you because i read your profile, I
want to believe that you
will be the choosen one from God after much of my
prayers and fasting,
wanting God to direct and show me to some one that
will come out in good
faith to help me.
Presently, I am in Abidjan and I am a Liberian citizen
by birth my father
was a very rich coacoa merchant, He travel's to France
were he exports
coacoa products to European countries. He was murdered
cold blooded in
France last two years. I want you to help me
immediately conclude about it
and keep it in your possession. I will travel to meet
with you in your
country , I am a young girl of 22 years.
Now permit me to ask you these few questions :
1) Can you honestly help me?
2) Can I completely trust you? .
3) What percentage of the total amount in question
will be good for you
when the consignment must have arrived to your
possession, while I finalize
my education being the only child left in existence
from my parents?
Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as
possible.
I will be looking forward to hear from you soon.
please contact me through this email
mary_g_williams1@yahoo.com
Thanks and remain blessed.
Yours in mind
Mary Ghankanyon Williams


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