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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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • akiemusman@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Akiem Usman <usman_akiem@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: AkiemUsman@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:20:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT RESPOND


Dear Friend,

How are you and your family hope all is well? dear friend I have an urgent and very confidential business opportunity in my department, I need your assistance and maximum co-operation towards this mater, I come across your profile and my spirit leads me to contact you' to see if you would be able to help me complete this transaction with me; before I proceed I would like to give you more details about my self, My full Name is [Mr. Akiem .A. Usman.]Branch Manager [BB.Exchange Bank] of cote d'voire. I am from Liberia born and broth up in cote d'voire.

I am searching for a reliable and experience business partner who can assist me in partnership to invest good and profitable business under your guidance. I have sum amount of [$8.7M USD] which belongs to one of my best customer [Mr. Adam Johnson] who lost his life with his internal family during the time of crises here in this country, I would need your assistance to help me so that I will transfer this money into your account with your maximum co-operation to me.

I am willing to offer you 35% of the total amount all I need from you to be honest to me in anything we are doing, This transaction is 100% risk free all I need from you to be honest in anything we are doing, If you are willing to invest in this business with me, please give me your confidential contact telephone number so that we can discuss on how to make good arrangement to transfer this fund into your account.

Thank you once again for your interest and waiting for your reply. This money still in my bank co stored here in cote d'voire. I will forward to you all the necessary documents to you as soon I hear from you so that you will understand the nature of this transaction; I need your urgent reply so that I will start making the arrangement on how to transfer this money into your account on your name with all the information which you will be forward to me.

my private email address:AkiemUsman@yahoo.com

Regards
Mr. Akiem .A. Usman.
Tel;; +22505378374


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