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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: SUNNY MOHAMED <mr_sunny2000@yahoo.it>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 09:46:51 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Mr.SUNNY


CONFIDENCIAL ASSISTANCE


I got your contact while serching for investment assistance; I am

Mr.SUNNY MOHAMED,a Sierra Leonia.I am the first born of the deceased

COL.ABUBAKAR MOHAMED a rebel leader of the Revolutionary United Front

of Sierra Leone,who died,at battle field on 5the june 2002.during the

West Africa peace keeping intervention at the peak of the Sierra

Leonian war.Before his death,he deposited an amount of twenty million

American dollars (U.S.$20m) in a private

security company in abidjan the capital of cote d' ivoire in west Africa . Presently,I want you to help me transfer

the money into your accounts,so that you can help me to invest it and

also to help me acquire naturization status in your country.I will

give you 10% as your reward and also 5% as miscellaneous expenses.I

need your reply urgently to enable me forward the necessary

information which protects the documents which are with me as the

beneficiary. I hope to hear from you at the earliest convenient time.


Yours sincerely



- SUNNY MOHAMED

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