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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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: justus lake <justuslake22@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:15:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: IN GOD WE TRUST.


FROM;JUSTUS LAKE
ABIDJAN,IVOARY COAST
ATTN,

DEAR Beloved one,

I KNOW MY MAIL WILL BE A SURPRISE TO YOU BUT YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS TOTALLY CONVINCED TO WRITE TO YOU IN REFERENCE OF THE TRANSFERING OF $14.5 MILLION US DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.AND I MUST CONFESS THAT MY AGITATIONS ARE REAL AND MY WORD IS MY BOND IN THIS PROPOSAL.

I AM JUSTUS LAKE THE ONLY SON OF CHIEF LAWRENCE N. LAKE FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA . MY FATHER WAS AN INTERNATIONAL TIMBER AND GOLD MERCHANT BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH.AS THE CASE MAYBE MY MOTHER LOST HER LIFE DURING THE BIRTH OF THE SECOND CHILD.AFTER ALL THIS TRAGIDY MY FATHER NEVER MARRIED A SECOND WIFE BECAUSE OF THE LOVE HE HAS FOR MY LATE MOTHER HENCE I WAS THE ONLY HIRE OF MY FAMILY. AS HIS ONLY SON MY FATHER CONFIDES ALOT IN ME BECAUSE HE KNOW THAT A DAY WILL COME WHEN I HAVE TO MANAGE HIS VAST WEALTH BUT THE RELATIONSHIP PAINFULLY DID NOT LAST. TWO MONTHS AGO MY FATHER HAS TO TAKE HIS BROTHER TO THE COURT BECAUSE OF A PROPERTY THAT HE INHERITED FROM HIS LATE FATHER BEING THE FIRST SON AS ALWAYS THE CASE IN THIS PART OF AFRICA., AT THE END OF THE DAY THE CASE WAS IN FAVOUR OF MY FATHER. THIS IS A STORY THAT SEEMS LIKE A FICTION TO ME BUT TODAY AM FACING THE REALITY OF BEING AN ORPHAN WHO IS ALSO BEING HUNTED BY MEN OF WICKED PRINCIPLE, HENCE TRAGIDY DOES
NOT ALTER FACT BUT FACT REMAINS WHEN OTHER HOPES HAS BEEN SHATTERED. THREE WEEK AFTER THIS CASE MY FATHER WAS ATTACKED IN JOHANNESBURG THE CAPITAL CITY OF SOUTH AFRICA BY UNKNOWN ASSASIN WHO SHOT THREE BULLETS IN HIS BODY ,BUT HE DIED TWO DAYS LATTER IN A PRIVATE
HOSPITAL.

BUT BEFORE HIS LAST BREATH HE DISCLOSED TO ME ABOUT A BOX HE DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN THAT THE BOX CONTAINED THE SUM OF $14.5 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS, ($14.500.000..00) BUT IN THE SECURITY COMPANY HE DECLARED THE BOX AS CONTAINING AFRICAN ARTS WORK FOR EXPORT TO HIS FORIGN BUSINESS PARTNER BROAD FOR SECURITY REASON. THAT THE MONEY WAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SOME OCEAN LINNERS BECAUSE HE WANT TO START A SHIPPING COMPANY BUSINESS. HE INSTRUCTED ME TO PICK UP THE DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE AND THE KEY OF THE BOX AND GO FOR THE SAKE OF MY LIFE AND THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A TRUST WORTHY AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL HELP ME TO LIFT THIS MONEY TO A SAFE ACCOUNT ABROAD AFTER ITS CLEARANCE FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY AND SORT FOR A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS TO INVEST THE MONEY.

PRESENTLY I AM HERE IN ABIDJAN WERE THIS BOX OF MONEY IS DEPOSITED AND I HAVE FOUND THE SECURITY COMPANY AND CONFIRMED THE DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE FROM THERE OWN RECORD.BUT DUE TO THE CRISES IN ABIDJAN THEY NOW TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE TRANSFERED THE SAID CONSIGNMENT TO THEIR BRANCH IN (EUROPE) FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.

I DONT HAVE ANYBODY TO RUN TO ,I CAN NOT GO TO THE PRESS,I CAN GO TO THE POLICE BUT I NEED THIS MONEY TO BE SAFE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW. I AM PLEADING WITH YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD FOR YOU TO HELP GET THIS MONEY OUT FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY BY STANDING AS MY LATE FATHER'S BUSINESS PARTNER AND
ARRANGE FOR THE TRANSFER , I HAVE NOT HANDLED SUCH FUND BEFORE, AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WILL BE FOR OUR OWN GOOD HENCE MY GREATEST HAPPINESS WILL BE TO BELONG TO A FAMILY ONCE AGAIN.

I HAVE AGREED TO GAVE YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM AND 5% WILL MAPPED OUT FOR EXPENSES .

I AM WRITING TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN PLEASE DO SOMETHING BECAUSE I AM CONFUSED. I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR MAIL AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS LETTER. MAY THE PEACE OF GOD AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ALWAYS BE WITH YOU AMEN.

YOURS SINCERELY,

JUSTUS LAKE





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