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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • joy_adel911@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: joy adel911 <joy_adel911@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 13:20:17 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM MISS JOY ADEL,REQUEST FOR INVESTMENTPARTNERSHIP.


From: Miss Joy Adel

joy_adel911@yahoo.fr



Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire

(May peace be upon you)

I am Miss Joy Adel the only daughter of late Alhaji Mohd Adel . My
father and mother were very wealthy farmers and cocoa merchant when they
were both alive. After the death of my father,long ago, my mother was
controling his business untill she was poisoned by her business
associates which she surffered and died . Before the death of my mother on
October 2004 in a private hospital here in Abidjan where she was admitted,
she secretly called me on her bed side and disclosed to me about the
sum of four million five hundred US dollars thousand . USD ($15.5million )
she left in suspense account in one of the bank here in Abidjan , it
was the money she intended to transfer oversea for investment before she
was strucked down by the cancer.She also instructed me that I should
seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice who will assist me
transfer this money in oversea account where the money will be save and
invested wisely.I am yet to transfer the funds.

Because of the current political problem here in Ivory Coast I decided
to transfer the money to abroad where it will be save and
invested.therefore, I am crying and seeking for your kind assistance in the
following ways:

(1) To provide a safe bank account into where the money will be
transferred for investment .
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am a girl of 19 years
old .
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and to secure a resident permit for me in your country.

As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your interest to
assist me to successfuly transfer the money into your nominated account.
You can reach me in my personal email address:joy_adel911@yahoo.fr




Yours lovely,
Miss Joy Adel




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