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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)
  • "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.
  • annemarie_bayo@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Anne Marie Bayo" <annemarie_bayo2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: annemarie_bayo@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:23:44 +0000
Subject: APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE

FROM:Miss Anne Marie Bayo
APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
Email: annemarie_bayo@hotmail.com

DEAREST ONE,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. I got your name and contact from the internet when I was searching
for a reliable and trustworthy person and I prayed over it and selected your
name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the recommendations
given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person that I can do business
with and by the recommendation , I must not hesitate to confide in you for
this simple and sincere business .and I know that this timed contacts will
bring us into an everlasting relationship which will be build upon truth and
will be rooted with the fear of God.

I am Miss Anne Marie Bayo the only daughter of Deceased Mr. and Mrs.NELSON
ANDRE. My father was a very wealthy gold merchant in Abidjan , the
economic capital of Ivory coast,my father is from kwazulu-natal while mum
is from a city called Krasnogorsk in Russain, so I am mixed. my father was
involved in a ghastly motor accident and later died in the little way
hospital here.

My mother Mrs SONIA Bayo according to my father died when I was a baby and
since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on
November 2002 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on
his bed side and told me that he has the sum of seventeen million ,five
hundred thousand United State Dollars.USD($17.500,000) left in fixed /
suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan ,that he used my
name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. and
he further explained That I should seek for a foreign partner in any country
of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment
purpose such as real estate management or hotel management.

Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the
following ways:
(1) To provide a bank account into which this money
would be transferred.

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 23 years old girl
and and also a foreigner in a country where there is war and crisis.

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and 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 effort/input after the successful transfer of this
fund into your nominated account overseas.

Furthermore, you indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that
this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14) days you signify
interest to assist me. Anticipating to hear from you soon.

I ran to the salvation army church of christ for safety since then, because
of the killing of the white people illegally accusing them of been part of
their problems most especially the france and any other white they see on
the road,they do take the person as france people and the war is still
going on, so please do come to my aid.

May God bless you in all your endeavours towards coming to my aid.

Best regards,
Miss Anne Marie Bayo.

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