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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 - that's what the scam is about)
  • "million us 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)
  • "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.
  • janet_camara01@yahoo.it

Fraud email example:

From: janet camara <janet_camara01@yahoo.it>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:31:51 +0100 (CET)
Subject: URGENT REPLY


From: janet camara
Dear Sir,
I write to solicit your assistance to transfer my funds and relocate to your country. Briefly, I am Mrs janet camara a citizen of Sierra Leone in West Africa but presently in Abidjan, Cote D' Ivoire another West African country with my son. I have a proposal to make, that might be of interest to you. I am in possession of a large sum of money in cash. (US10,000,000.00 – Ten Million US Dollars). The money was inherited from my lateHusband who was the Chairman of the Sierra Leone Gold Mining Corporation during the Sierra Leonian War when Major Johnny Paul Koromah was the country's president.
The money has been lodged at a Security Company in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) for safekeeping. I now want to claim out the funds from there and move this money abroad and invest it in profitable ventures, as the time is now ripe for such move and I need your assistance to achieve this goal.
WHAT I ASK YOU TO DO:
1.Firstly to assist me claim out the funds from the security company and to export this money to any stable country abroad.
2. To assist me invest the money in profitable ventures in your country or any other suitable country where you have good connections.
3. To help me re-locate Me and my son to the suggested country.
4. To manage the money in a profitable manner preferably a joint venture deal with your company.
The procedure for relocation of the funds to your country is such that you will not run any risk.
Basically, we will establish an Investment Account in a local bank in Cote d'Ivoire where we have made some good connections. We will withdraw the money from the security company and put the money in the
local Account and funnel it through this Account to your account. We will have proper banking trails to show the money as an investment fund.
For your assistance you will get 10% (Ten Percent) of the total amount.
I want you to contact me with this email janet_camara01@yahoo.it
for us to discuss this matter in details but you must treat as highly confidential for security reasons.
Sincere regards,
Janet camara






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