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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: chjuks fedinad <fedinand002@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:10:45 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CALL FOR HELP.


FROM; FEDINAND CHRIS

CALL FOR ASSISTANCE?

DEAR SIR,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail
may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before. Introducing myself, I am FEDINAND CHRIS 24 years of age the only son of the late Mr and Mrs EDWARD CHRIS. My father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan(Ivory Coast), he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips.Before the death of my father on 29th June 2001 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has a sum of USD$12.5M (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S),deposited in Bank in (Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire, that he used my name as his only son for the next of kin in depositing the fund.He also explained to me that it was because
of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management here, on how best to transfer this money to overseas please.I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways :1- To assist me in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly be transferred into.2- To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still in the university.3- To make arrangement for me to come over to yourcountry to further my education and to help me secure a residential permit in your country. Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incur. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.NB : Please contact me immediately you receive this message through this email address if you are interested.
God bless you,
as I await your reply.

Yours sincerely
FERDNAND CHRIS.



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