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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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: henry bangura <henry_bangura2@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:00:21 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: please assist me


>From Henry Bangura
Abidjan Ivoiry Coast
West Africa

Dearest ,
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country .I am Mr Henry Bangura the son to Late Dr David Bangura From Sierra Leone in West Africa. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life. There is amount of Eighteen million U.S dollars ($18,000,000.00) which my late father Deposited in a private security company here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire before his death as family valuable in a trunk box .
Now i have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.i want you to help me and claim the box and transfer these Funds into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on these areas:
1, Five Star Hotel ). Real Estate business or any of your choice that will profite us in return.
If you can be of an assistance to me i will be pleased to offer to you 15% Of the total fund. I await your soonest response. 225 08492275
Respectfully yours,
Henry Bangura


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