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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • rob_dadie11@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "rdadie" <rdadie@jubii.dk>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:56:28 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Robert Dadie: I Await Your Reply.


Dearest One, I know this mail may come to you as a surprise since we have not known or written before. and asking for your kind understanding of the whole truth situation and our desireness of going into long time relationship and business transaction with you for mutualbenefits. I am ROBERT DADIE, residence in Abidjan, 22 years ofage,the only son of the late Mr. and Mrs.DUKE DADIE, with my younger Sister MIMI DADIE who is now 19 years. My father was Gold Agents inAbidjan(Ivory Coast ).Before his sudden death on 20th February 2003 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he called me on his bedside and told me about the sum of (USD $12.5M) he deposited in a bank here in Abidjan(Ivoiry Coast) for business investment that he used my name his beloved and only son as the next of kin in depositing money, because our mother died 15years ago in a fatal car accident. And that we should seek for a foreign partner in any country of our choice where we will transfer this money for investm
ent purpose for our future life.   I humbly seek for your assistance, to help us transfer and secure this money in your country for investment, and to serve as guardian of the money since weare still students, to make arrangement for us to come over to your country tofurther our education. I am willing to offer you 15% of the total amount as you make up your mind to help orphans like us for your humble assistnace after the sucessful transfer of the money and 5% is mapped out to refund any expenses incure during the transaction.  Please, I urge you to make this transaction secret within your heart for security purposes. And Reply to Email: rob_dadie11@yahoo.fr Yours sincerely, Robert Dadie And Mimi.  

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