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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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 free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • nancy_5dawson@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <nancy_dawson900@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:50:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CRY OF A 23 YEARS OLD GIRL FOR HELP

Dear Mr/Mrs/Miss

I am Miss nancy dawson(23Years old)while my Brother Michel dawson(20Years old)The children of late Mr&Mrs Jeremy dawson.who was a wealthy cocoa and Gold wealthy based in abidjan.

when they discovered a very big some of money my father deposited with a security company here in ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE. As a result of this discovery and the enviness of the money , he was killed by his associates.

Before this, he revealed to me the reasons of his being hated.He directed me where to get the documents of the deposited money, he told me that he enrolled my name as his next of kin/beneficiary for the deposit, being the only child. He advised me that I should not stay in the country because his enemies might equally kill me to reap all his wealth hence my mother died of cancer when I was five years old.he told me if he dies that i should get a foreign partner who will help me to move the money abroad and the person will help me to invest the money in his or her country.

My father finally died on 29th of September,2004 and since then I was out of school and went into hiding because of my father's associates. All the relevant documents of the $9.5 (nine million five hundred thousand dollars) that was deposited in a security company are intact with me now.

Please I want you to assist me as urgent as you can before they kill me and go away with this money deposited with a Securety company What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money has been moved to you?
Please contact me immediately, and include your contact details in your response to enable me send you all necessary documents guilding the money. Please be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free.

here is my private E-mail address:nancy_5dawson@yahoo.it


I will be expecting your reply .
Thanks and best regards

Yours Sincerely,
Nancy Dawson.



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