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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "account in your country or any safer place" (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.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22508059555 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: LINDA MILLER <l_millerlinda@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:05:53 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: linda miller


Miss Linda Miller
Abidjan (CI)
West Africa
phone.+225 080 59 555

Dearest One,
Canvary greetings to you,
May it not be suprise recieving this mail since you never know me.
I am Miss. LINDA MILLER from Sierra Leone.And being that I lost my parents,I decided to convey to you my problems here in Afirca.My father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death .

He was assassinated by the rebels following the political uprising. Before his death he had a foreign account here in Cote d'Ivoire up to the tune of $8.5M which he told the bank was for the importation of cocoa processing machine.

I want you to do me a favour to receive this funds to a safe account in your country or any safer place as the beneficiary . I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production.please Iam writing with heart felt condition because of how I lost my beloved parents and since that time, no one cares for me and that is why i am contacting you now so that after everything, i will come to country to stay as life partner.
AND I WILL GRATIFY YOU 15 PERCENT FOR YOUR NOBBLE DEEDS. God will reward you as you going to help me out of this predicament

Thanks and best regards

MISS LINDA





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