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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • rose65@terra.com.mx

Fraud email example:

From: rose turey <rose03turey@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:52:33 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: call back urgently


From Mrs Rose turey
Abidjan ivory coast
Telephone 0022507663185
mail rose65@terra.com.mx
Attn.
i am Mrs Rose Turey the wife of LATE MR Johnson turey from sierra leon who was killed by the president T. KABA gunmen due to his political ambisions the evil president who refuse to go out from power after a long cevil war has also gave order to confuscate all my late husband assets encluding his bank accounts, since his death life has become miserable to our farmily, but we are lucky to have the informations of his company fixe deposite account of $18.3 million united states dollers outside the country which i and my son Emmanuel has the all the numbers covering the deposite . i am soliciting for your help to provied a bank account where this fund will be transfed to and invested into a profited venture such as
1 RealEstate ,
2 Hotel business
3 Gas station
in your conutry. you will also help my son and i to have a resident visa to be in your counry with out any problem. we have decided to compansate you with a good sum for any of your effort in getting things done for us which will be discuse after you declaer your interest in helping us . you will also save as the director of any exterblishment which will be done with part of this fund in your country. we are now as a refuge in a local hotel abidjan i will like you to contact me and my son Emmanuel for more details about this transaction if you are honest and caperble in handling the transfer. we are hoping to hear from your urgenty
thanks and god bless.
Mrs Rose Turey





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