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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: david ogbonaya <david5_ogbonaya@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:20:33 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: THANKS


Dearest
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your contact from a prophet woman here in Abidjan the capital city of Ivory Coast now Cote d'Iviore.

I am David Ogbonaya the only son of late Mr and Mrs Colins Ogbonaya from Republic of Namibia also in Africa. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan,the economic capital of Ivory Coast in west Africa before he was poisoned to death by one of his business associates on one of their outing to disscus on a business deal.

When my mother died,my father took me specail because i am motherless before the death of my father on 30th May 2005 in a private hospital in my country which he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he deposited the sum of $10.500.00 (Ten Million, five hundred thousand dollars) left in a suspence account in one of the bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name David Ogbonaya as his first son as the next of kin in depositing the fund,and he also handed over to me the documents covering the deposit of the money.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where this money will be transfer and use it for investment purpose, (such as realestate management).

I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) To provide a Bank account where this money would be transferred to.
2) To serve as the guardian of this money since I am only 20 years and i have never been in any bank transaction since i was born that's why i needed your assistance mostly.

Moreover,i am willing to offer you a reasonable % of the total sum as compensation for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate
account overseas.


Hoping to haer from you soonest.

May our almighty GOD bless you

Yours brother

David Ogbonaya




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