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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: <linda77mehi@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: lindamehi77@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:14:01 +0900 (JST)
Subject: DEAREST ONE HUBERT.

DEAREST ONE HUBERT.

MY NAME IS MISS LINDA MEHI THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE MR & MRS OSU MEHI. MY FATHER AND MOTHER WERE VERY WEALTHY FARMERS AND COCOA MERCHANT WHEN THEY WERE BOTH ALIVE. AFTER THE DEATH OF MY MOTHER, LONG TIME AGO, MY FATHER WAS CONTROLLING HIS BUSINESS UNTIL HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS
ASSOCIATES WHICH HE SUFFERED AND DIED.
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED, HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BED SIDE AND DISCLOSED TO ME ABOUT THE SUM OF (US$4.5 MILLION) HE LEFT IN SUSPENSE ACCOUNT IN ONE OF THE BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE, IT WAS THE MONEY MY FATHER INTENDED
TO TRANSFER OVERSEAS FOR INVESTMENT BEFORE HE WAS POISONED.
HE ALSO INSTRUCTED ME THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN ANY COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHO WILL ASSIST ME TRANSFER THIS MONEY IN OVERSEAS ACCOUNT WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE SAVE AND INVESTED WISELY.
BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL PROBLEM HERE IN COTE D'IVOIRE / IVORY COAST I DECIDED TO TRANSFER THE MONEY TO ABROAD WHERE IT WILL BE SAVE AND INVESTED.

THEREFORE, I AM CRYING AND SEEKING FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR URGENT REPLY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST TO ASSIST ME TO THIS SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFER OF MONEY INTO YOUR YET NOMINATED ACCOUNT, I WILL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO CONTACT THE BANK AS SOON AS
I HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN.

YOURS LOVELY DAUGHTER.

MISS LINDA MEHI.





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