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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:
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "denis wetabah" <deniswetaba9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: denis_wetabah08@yahoo.com.mx
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:48:20 +0300
Subject: FROM DENIS

FROM DENIS
Cote D'Ivoire
you can call me +22506444030

Dear
I am writting you this letter with due respect and heart full of tears i
need your help, I got your name and contact from a trust-worthy person who
assured me of your integrity and that you will help me to transfer this
money,

I am the only Son of late Mr and Mrs WETABAH. My father was a very rich
and wealthy Gold Trader in Monrovia the Capital ofrepublic of Liberia in
West Africa ,I want to let you know that my father was poisoned by his
business associates while my mother died when i am little and my father took
me so special because I am his only son. before the death of my father on
2nd july 2006 in a hospital here in cote d'ivoire, he told me that has the
sum of (Three Million,Five Hondred Thousand u.s dollars ) which he deposited
in a bank here in Cote D'ivoire. he made this money from the sales of Gold,
He also told me that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his

business patners while on a business trip with them and he instructed me to
look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer this money out of
republic of Cote Divoire and invest it for me, my purpose of contacting you
is for you to help transfer this money to your country before this people
who kill my father will kill me , this people who kill my father are after
my life and they want to kill me and

collect the this money from me , that is why I'm now hiding my self herein
republic of Cote Divoire so that they will not see me, please ineed
yoururgent help, Tell me how much percentage you will take in the total
money of the Three, Million Five Hundred usa Dolars to help me in
transfering this money to your bank but you have to assure me that you will
help me fully to transfer the money to your account , l hope you will

not betray the trust i have on you because this money is my only hope in
this life ,and moreover you will also help me to come over to your country
were i
will settel down for my life and invest this money for me. i can assure you
there is No regrate in helping me, this money is an inheritance from my late
father,

I Await your reply,

Greetings to you and your Family

DENIS WETABAH
+22506444030

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