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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:
  • "dear friend" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "agatha moses" <agatha.moses09@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: agathamoses25@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:42:47 +0000
Subject: Dear Please Assist Me And My Children

FROM;MRS AGATHA,
No31A MACCORY
ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE.
WEST AFRICA
 
Dear Friend,
 
May peace be upon you,I know is wrong to contacting you through this means! But is just that I am desparate and my pressent condition now. I wish to solicit your help.I am Mrs Agatha  Moses,I am a widow from Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire west Africa .I lost my husband barely 3 years ago. My husband was a serving Senior officer in the government of our country before he met his death.
 
He was assassinated January 2003 by the rebels following the political uprising.Before his death he told me that he deposited the sum of $7.8m (seven million eight hundred thousand dollars) in a Finance house here.The money was deposited as family valuables,as he did not disclose the real content of the consignment to them.
 
Please am seeking for your assistance in retrieving this fund from the Finance house  here.I've gone and verified the deposit.

I have it in mind to invest in your country or any other peaceful country,on any lucrative business of your choice and advice. This is my reason for writing to you. If you are willing to assist me with my children, indicate your interest by replying soonest then we shall discus the terms.I will give you the rest of the details on your response.
 
Please kindly assist me and my children because we have been passing through hardship for a long time now.
 
Yours faithfully.

Mrs Agatha Moses

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