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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:
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "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.
  • sarahbarango@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sarah Barango" <sarahbarango1@me.by>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:34:57 +0200
Subject: FROM MRS SARAH.


From Miss Sarah Barango,
Morrovia Liberia.



Dear One,



Good day for my brief introduction, I am Miss Sarah Barango from morrovia
Republicof Liberia. I'm contacting you to assist me invest and manage my
money which I inherited from my late father. My Father ( Late Mr jerry
Barango) was formally the director of the Liberian Gold Mining Corperation,
and because of this position, the ruling party killed my father in
collaboration with my uncle.before the death of my father, he told me about
a sum of 4.7 million dollars which he deposited in my name in a neigbouring
country called Cote D'Ivoire.



My problem all this while was how to step out of morrovia, because my uncle
and his groupes are searching seriously to kill me too. Thank God I have
escaped out of morrovia now with the help of Guinean fisherman. Presently
I'm in Guinea. this is why I have decided to contact you seeking your
assistance to help me transfer out my money to your country after which I
will come over to Live with you, continue my living and education there in
your country. So, you should send me your direct telephone number to enable
me give you a call immediately I arrive to Abidjan. I expect your urgent
mail ( sarahbarango@yahoo.co.jp )
I will appreciate your urgent response before I leave for Abidjan next
tomorrow.



Thanks,
Yours Sincerely
Sarah Barango.

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