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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: pascal eric <p04eric@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 06:39:55 -0500 (EST)
Subject: REQUEST FOR PARTNERSHIP


PASCAL ERIC

Dear,

REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP
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 Pascal Eric, 22 years of age the only son of the late Mr and Mrs George Eric, 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 2003 in a private
hospital here in Abidjan. he secretly called me on his
bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$5.5M
(five 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 your
country 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.
please email through this address.
God bless.
Yours sincerely,
Pascal











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