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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Elizbeth Mrs" <lizjohnson@nsk.biz>
Reply-To: bethliz@luckymail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:51:56 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP.


--
I Cry For Help,

I know that this letter might come to you as a surprise but do consider it
as emergency and a devine purpose of God, this will benefit both of us. I
am Mrs Elizabeth Johnson, from Liberia Monrovia 48years old and I reside
here in Nigeria with my only son Prince Johnson Jr.

We are here in Lagos Nigeria because of the fund $ 7.5m (Seven Million Five
Hundred Thousand USD) that my late husband who was until his death the
former Army Chief during the regime of Charles Taylor deposited in the
Security/finance house which we want to move out of Nigeria to your country
for investment, please contact me on this my private e-mail address (
bethliz@luckymail.com) for further clarification. Please I need your
assistance. I do hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks.
Mrs Elizabeth Johnson

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