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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:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: chris nwoke <chris_nwoke07@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 02:55:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Chris Nwoke.


FROM :Chris Nwoke
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

Dear,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before. Introducing myself, I am Mr Chris Nwoke, 22 years of age the only son of the late Mr and Mrs PAUL Nwoke my father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast), he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips.

Before the death of my father on 2004 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$12.5M (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S), deposited in Bank in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, that he used my name as his only son for the next of kin in depositing the fund. 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 where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as
expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management here on how best to transfer this money to overseas please.

I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways :

1- To assist me in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly be transferred into.
2- To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still 22 yrs.
3- To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to help me secure a residential permit in your country. Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total
sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incur. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within theshortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.
Contact me immediately you receive this message through my email address if you are interested.

God bless you.
Yours sincerely,
Chris Nwoke.




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