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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:
  • "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. )
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: <k10003isaac@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 02:11:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME

Dearest one
I am very happy to write to you this humble letter.
I am Kangah Isaac from ,Age of 19years from Ivory Coast.
There's one problem i will like you help me out, I am an ophan being that I lost my father.My father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death.

He was assassinated by the rebels following the political uprising.
Before his death he made a deposit of six million, five handred thousand dollars here in my country in a security company .He intended to send me out of this country to continue my education and also start a new life since my mother is also not alive and he to don't have time because of his
business and unfortunately he died.

Please, I want you to help me retrieve this fund and transfer it to your country or any safer place so that i can come to your country and join you, to continue my education and also for better investment of the fund as you know this money is my only hope of life ,this is my reason for writing
to you. Please if you are willing to assist me indicate your interest in replying soonest so that i can give you the contact information of the security company for you to contact them and know their procedures on how to deliver this fund to you in your country.
Thanks and best regards .

Kangah Isaac



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