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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:
  • "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.
  • john_dikko101@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: john dikko <john_dikko101@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:12:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From John Dikko.


Dear one
I am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously.
I am asking for your assistance after I have gone through a profile that speaks good
of you. I will be so glad if you can allow and lead me to the right channel towards your assistance to my situation now.

I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. well, i am John Dikko 20years young man and I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but do consider it as an emmergency.

In nutshell, My (late) father Mr Morris was a very wealthy gold and cocoa merchant who based in Accra and Abidjan respectively. But he was killed along side with my mother during last year's Rable attact and all his properties was totally
destroyed.

However, after their death I managed to escape with a very important document (DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE (US$2.5m) Two million Five hundred thousand U.S Dollars deposited by my late father in the bank which i am the next of kin.

Meanwhile,i am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foriegn personality to help me transfer the money over to his country and into his possession pending my arrival to meet with him.

Furthermore,you can contact the bank for confirmation and i will issue a letter of authorisation on your name,that will enable the bank to deal with you on my behalf.

I am giving you this offers as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance
to assist me or take me as your child and manage the money. I am inclined to offer you 15% of the total sum as a mode of compensation for your effort after thesuccessful transfering of these fund to your nominated account overseas

Conclusively,i wish you send me a reply immediately as soon as you recieve this
proposal,please write me back with this email address ( john_dikko101@yahoo.com ) Until then,i remain with
the best regards

John.

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