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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. )
  • "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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: lilian koromah <lilian_mm2a@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: lilian_mmm1a@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 15:29:54 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: looking for assistance


MRS L ILIAN KOROMAH
Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire

ATTN
In brief introduction i am mrs Lilian koromah the wife of the late Dr David koromah Jr of the blessed memory with due respect which i believe you will be of great assistance to me and my children.prior to my husband assasination by forces loyal to corporal Foday Sankoh of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) he was the Director General of National Gold and Diamond Mining Corporation of sierra leone
Two weeks before my husband assasination he deposited the sum of (US$15.500.000) fifteen million five hundred thouand united state dollars in a security company here in cote d' iviore .three days before his assasination he instructed me and my children( Mack and Jane to move out of sierra leone immediately to cote d' ivoire a nearby country because of the political crisis before the powerfully economic community of west african states (ECOMOG) forces intervened which eventually resulted into brutal civil war .
The trunk box containing the funds was deposited as family valuable and treasures for security reasons in the security company costudy .right now because of the upheaval political crsis , i found it unwise to invest this fund here in african countries
i am asking for your assistance in transferring of this funds to your country where there is political stability for investment wise for the furure of my family .i agree to give you 20% ot the total sum in question , as your entitlement for assisting us in transferring the said funds and we have mapped 5% of the total funds for any expenses which you may incure in assisting us like, telephone calls bill,travelling and accommodation.


Your Faithfully
Mrs Lilian Koromah
(Prince Mack and Jane )for the family

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