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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)
  • "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. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • mathewsoriba@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mathew Soriba <mathewsoriba91@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mathewsoriba@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:30:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent and Confidential!!!



My dear friend,

I know this might come to you as a surprise but,

I plead with you to consider this mail by reading carefully it's
Content. My name is Mathew Soribar and I come from the southern part of Sudan
Rich with oil. My father Dr. Suleiman Soriba was murdered by the Sudan people
Liberation army because for accusing them of supplying arms to the Sudan
liberation army who raided Al-Fashir and killed many officers and kidnapped
General Mohamed Bashir Suleiman.

The death of my father has brought sorrow to my life. But, the only thing I
can live for now is that I as my late father's only child am now an heir and
next of kin to $15.5m united state dollars which my late father deposited
with a Security Company in Ghana.

Dearest one I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance to be my
foreign partner and help me in transferring this fund into an account
abroad. So that I can invest this money and continue my education and your
advice and suggestions will be highly appreciated by me. Please permit me to
humbly ask these few questions:

(1)Can you honestly help me as a Son?
(2)Can I completely trust you?
3)What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you
after the money is in position?

Please, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.
Reply me via this email mathewsoriba@yahoo.com

Thank you so much
sincerely,
Mathew Soriba.


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