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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:
  • "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. )
  • "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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
• 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.
  • yaw_duah@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "duah yaw" <yawduah101@livedoor.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:58:55 +0100
Subject: Reply as soon as possible


*Attn: Dear,

Good day, A friend of mine gave me your contact that you are
a reliable, trustworthy and responsible person to confide in term of trust.
He told me that you can assist me in claiming my late father's property that
is in the the Airport (cargo section) here in Accra, Ghana.

My name is Yaw Duah a native of Gambia making a refuge under U.N.H.C.R. in
Accra, Ghana. My late father Hon Mohammed Duah was a great Politician in
Gambia, a gold merchant and a close associate to former President Charles
Taylor of Liberia. Before his death, he let me know that he is having a
trunk box being kept in disguise in a security company in Accra, Ghana .My
late father's friend has been assisting me to claim the consignment from the
security company in which he paid for the demur rage and order the security
company to take the consignment to the airport for shipment to Beirut,
Lebanon his residence.

It was later I discovered that my late father's friend has been killed in
Lebanon
I sincerely seek your help in claiming this box by you being the beneficiary
of the trunk box because I am next of kin to my late father. After you help
me claim my fund 30% of my total fund will be given to you for your help.
Please get in touch with me through my private email address….
yaw_duah@hotmail.com *



*Thank you for cooperation.


With Regards,
Yaw Duah*

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