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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 orphan scam.
• 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.
  • fccb1000@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jac mane" <jac.mane@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:52:50 +0200
Subject: FROM:MRS LISSA MEYER


FROM:MRS LISSA MEYER
Email:fccb1000@yahoo.ca
Refuge Camp Abobo
Abidjan,Ivory Coast.

Dear sir,

Greetings in the name of our Lord.I am Mrs Lissa Meyer the wife of late
Mr.Samuel Meyer.My husband was a very wealthy cocoa merchant here in
Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory coast,my late husband was poisoned to
death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip.

My daughter died immediately after the death of her father in a motor
accident and since then I took my only surviving Child (Samuel Jr). Before
the death of my late husband on may 2005 in a private hospital here in
Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the
sum of Eleven million,five hundred thousand United State
Dollars.USD$11.500,000) deposited one security company here in Abidjan,that
he used my name as his wife for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund.
And made his foreign partner as the benefciary name with held.

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 who can helpme come down here for the claim of the
money with hisn name as the beneficiary to the box and use it for
investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel
management.

I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1)To come down here to help me and my son to claim out the box in your
name as the beneficiary of the deposited box.
(2)To serve as a guardian and foreign partner of my late husband.
(3)To make arrangement for me and my only son to come over to your country
to re-settle and to secure resident permit in your country.

I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your
effort/input after the successfully move out the fund into your country or
base overseas.Thank you for your signify interest to assist me.For privacy
use this email for your response to us:( fccb1000@yahoo.ca ).

Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Mrs Lissa Meyer and Son (Samuel Jr)

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