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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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.
  • yayaturabuk@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "yayaturaking1 Gazeta.pl" <yayaturabuk@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:23:55 -0700
Subject: Get in touch


Hello

Finally i have gotten a hold of you , sometimes is
really difficult in getting through emails, my name is
yayatura owocomes from togo, 19 years of age

My father left a sum of 60 million united states
dollar in a security company, he is now late , but it
was under a strict policy governing it that i need a
foreign beneficiary to help me claim the
consignment.

i will like you to know that this is a risk free
transaction , what we have to build amongst our self
is a mutual trust that will govern both of us in this
transaction, the way am seeing this if i decide to
handle this alone it is going to be tough and quite
impossible and it will be a huge task on my head.

That why i need you to help me for all your assistance
and effort i will offer you 25% of the total content
of the consignment while 10% will be set aside for
expenses inccured along the way the remaining will be
used for investment purposes when i come over we will
discuss a good investment plan .

But the issue is how you want , do you want to receive
it in some place else or you will prefer to come down
to Ghana and see everything by your self , all i can
tell you is that either way you will not regret doing
business with me .

Am a young man but i learn t a lot from my father ,
when entering business venture the must be trust ,
that is why am trusting you with such task and
believing you are up to the task.
so please when you get my email indicate to me what
you think and how you will prefer it with details of
your self , and also some form of id for a better
identification.

I will also put my phone number you can call me on my
mobile phone or send me sms i will receive it.

when you reply me i will give you the details of the
diplomat to call him and arrange how you want it Get
back to me via this email yayaturabuk@yahoo.com Thanks
yours
yayatura owocomes

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