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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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 orphan scam.
• 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.
  • p_abed1@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Purity Abed" <p_abed1@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:07:36 +0100 (CET)
Subject: APPEAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.


FROM:MISS.PURITY ABED
ABIDJAN,IVORY COAST
WEST AFRICA.
EMAIL: p_abed1@latinmail.com

APPEAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

DEAREST ONE,

PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DEIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOU. I AM QUITE AWARE THAT MY MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A
SURPRISE BECAUSE IT IS INDEED VERY STRANGE FOR SOMEONE YOU HAVE NOT MET
BEFORE TO CONTACT YOU IN THIS REGARD.

I AM MISS.PURITY ABED THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE MR.AND MRS.GEORGE ABED MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT IN ABIDJAN,THE ECONOMIC
CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST,MY FATHER WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS
ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTINGS ON A BUSINESS TRIP.

MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS A BABY AND SINCE THEN MY FATHER TOOK ME SO
SPECIAL. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON OCTOBER 2005 IN A PRIVATE
HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BED SIDE AND TOLD ME
THAT HE HAS THE SUM OF FOUR MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS($4.500,000.00) DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN, BEFORE IT WAS TRANSFER TO HOLAND DUE TO THE POLITICAL CRISES THAT IS HERE SINCE 2002, HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY DAUGHTER FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSITING OF THE CONSIGNMENT.HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS
ASSOCIATES.

THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE
WHERE I WILL INVESTMENT THE FUND.

DEAR,I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
(1) TO ASSIST ME IN GOING TO HOLAND AND RETREIVE THE CONSIGNMENT FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY THERE.
(2) TO SERVE AS A GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM ONLY 22 YEARS.
(3) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER MY
EDUCATION AND ALSO TO SECURE A RESIDENT PERMIT IN YOUR COUNTRY.

MOREOVER DEAR,I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS
COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORTS/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL RETREIVE OF THE CONSIGNMENT.

PLEASE DEAR,INDICATE YOUR OPTIONS TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE
THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN (14) DAYS OF YOUR
SIGNIFYING YOUR INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.

ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM YOU URGENTLY.THANKS AND GOD BLESS.

YOURS SINCERELY,

PURITY ABED



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