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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:
  • "trunk box" (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)
• 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.
  • moses_mensah2@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Moses Mensah <moses_mensah01@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:26:48 +0000
Subject: Message



Dear,
I am Moses Mensah, the only son of late Dr Andrew Mensah who was an exporter and importer of crude oil and gold gems. He died as a result of brief illness,but before his death,he called my attention beside his sick bed and gave me some informations with a document covering $10million which he deposited in my name as a next of kin,in a private security treasure office in Dublin Ireland.

I am only 22years,i do not have any experience of handling/investing such an amount.Therefore,I humbly seek for your consent to assist me claim my inheritance from the security treasure office in Dublin Ireland and invest it properly in your country.

You will take 30% of the total sum for your assistance,while 5% is for any expenses that may incure during the claim,Then you will keep 65% for me.

Note:The security treasure office in Dublin Ireland do not know that the content of the treasure deposited by my late father in their vault is cash($10million);because it is against the Europian law to deposit such an amount in a security house.
That's why the $10million was packaged in a trunk box by my late father and deposited in the security treasure office in Dublin Ireland as Family treasure.
I have the code number and other other information you'll need to make the claim.

Please i am looking forward to hear from you,so as to give you the contacts of the security treasure office in Dublin Ireland,for you to contact and arrange with them for the release of the treasure to you.

Please reply to my alternative email address( moses_mensah2@yahoo.fr ).

Thanks and God bless,

Yours faithfully,
Moses Mensah.
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