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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: amma_220@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 20:22:30 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?INVESTMENT=20=20=20=20=20PROPOSAL=2E?=

INVESTMENT PROPOSAL.


ATTN;Dear One

Iam sending you this proposal with deep concerned as to beg for help out
of my situation.

Iam Miss AMMA AMMED,Daughter to the personnal assistant to the late former
president of cote d! Ivoire Robert Guie, my father captain IDRIS AMMED,was
shot dead including the former president Robert Guie and some members of
his family, in a coup attempt to overthrow the new president during his
official visit to Italy.

Hearing the news of my fathers dead lately in the night by his driver,i
ran to his bedroom and carried away some important belongings and move to
the interior village for hiding. I later discovered that the former late
president assigned $19million Dollars to my late father for the purchasing
of Ammunitions. But unfortunatly my father was killed before he could carry
out this assignment

Now; this $19million Dollars is saftly Deposited under a security company
by my father through the depositing documents i discovered in his bed room
from the important belongings i carried away,as families valuable items.
he never told them that the contains are money.but registered as families
valuable items.
The Depositing Document and the keys are in my position. Please i am contacting
you as to assist me clear this money from this security company and be
transfered to your account for investment.so that i can continue with my
studies, iam a student of 18yrs of age and single
We can discuss your commission as soon as i hear from you,

Thanks,
sincerely,
Miss, AMMA AMMED

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