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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • dane_chris@latinmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "DANE Christophe" <danechrist2@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dane_chris@latinmail.com
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:58:32 +0100
Subject: PERSONAL LETTER

Dearest one,

With due respect and humility I write this letter to you which I believe you will be of great assistance to me.

My name is DANE Christopher I am 22 years and the only son of late Dr. DANE WILLIAMS, my father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Accra Ghana & Abidjan the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire.
I was in second year in the university when my father was poisoned to death by his business associate in GABON.

With the cause of this event, I'm contacting you in request of your assistance for the retrieve of Us $ 15. 7 million dollars my father deposited in the security company here Abidjan before his death. I have all the valid documents for the deposit of the funds.

Consequently, I need your assistance to retrieve this fund from the security company and also assist me to invest the fund in a very good and profitable venture in your country as I did not know any thing about business, while I continue my education in your country and also let me how many percent you will take from the total fund for your assistance

Please contact me via my email (dane_chris@latinmail.com ) for more details.

DANE Christopher

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