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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:
  • "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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (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.
  • colinusspencer2000@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "colinus_spencer2008 Gazeta.pl" <colinus_spencer2008@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: colinusspencer2000@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:42:19 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT PURPOSE


My dear,

Please, I want you to read this mail carefully and consider my present
need for assistance. My name is Mr.Colinus Spencer and I am the man who
detained ex-president of Liberia , MR CHARLES TAYLOR, used in moving
out money from Liberia to all part of the world. I moved out some amount
of money worth $14.5m, which I put in a consignment coupled with a few Art
materials with the help of an Ecomog solders to Abidjan,Cote

Ivoire where I deposited the consignment in a prime security and
finance company for safe keeping Now base on the political problem here
in Africa, I decided to solicit for your assistance to help me secure
and invest with the fund in any lucrative business of your choice in your


country It is after the claim that I will direct you how you will
send some money to me from the consignment for me to process my travelling
document to come over to your country for the investment purpose.

However, I will offer you 15% of the principal capital before
investment and 10% of the net profit after investment which you are going to
handle for me.


PLEASE My Private Email Is AND GET ME in
colinusspencer2000@yahoo.com<http://us.f599.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=colinusspencer2000@yahoo.com>

Awaiting your urgent reply.

Thanks and God bless.

Mr.Colinus Spencer

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