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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million us 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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Valentine Kone Guei" <valkone_guei@rediffmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: valkone_guei@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:35:32 +0400
Subject: Proposal From Mr Guei

Attn: Sir

I am Valentine Kone Guei,i am 22 years old, son of former president Robert Guei of Cote d Ivorie (West Africa) who was killed with my mother in Abidjan on 20th day of Sept 2002 along side with the former minister and many others by mysterious soldiers who resisted retirement from the Army. Visit this website for more details:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/debates/african/590751.stm or http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2268718.stm

Few days before my fathers was killed near a cathedral in course of the gun battle, he handed over to me security deposit documents with which he deposited sum of 12,000,000,00 (Twelve million us dollars) in security company out side my country and ask me to leave the country to Dubai. In the documents, the contents of the deposited box read gold, jewelries and family treasures.

Sir, could you please send me your consent so that with your assistance, we can retrieve this money from the security company for investments. I am now living a refugee life in Dubai for security reasons.

As soon as I receive your consent, we shall discuss our sharing terms.
Please reply immediately as my political asylum conditions here in Dubai are very critical and hectic.

Yours sincerely,
Valentine Kone Guei.

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