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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:
  • "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.
  • alfredmens_01@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Alfred Mensah <mensah_a38@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <alfredmens_01@gawab.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 08:43:35 +0000
Subject: Greetings



Hello:
Compliments of the day.Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and writing through this unofficial channel.
My name is Mr Alfred Mensah,Chairman,Contract-Awarding Committee of the AFRICAN UNION (AU) with its fundheadquarters in Accra Ghana.I am a Ghanaian married with four kids.I am writing to solicit for your assistance in the transfer of $6,720,000.00 million U.S dollars only.I got your contact during my search for a reliable,honest and a trust worthy person to entrust this huge transfer project with.
This fund was a residue of the over invoiced contract bills awarded by us intentionally for the supply of hard/soft wares, pharmaceuticals/medical items, light and heavy duty vehicles,apparels and other administrative/logistics for the peace keeping talks in Sierra-Leone and Liberia during the Peace Keeping Projects.As an officer of the organization,I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account on our behalf.
Could you be kind enough to render your services in this regard so i can provide to you more elaborate details of the project,and you shall be rewarded with 30% of the total sum.I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this.
If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response to my private email address (alfredmens_01@gawab.com)
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Alfred Mensah.



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