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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: <gracead2006ci@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:46:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Personal Message

Miss Grace Adibe
Lot 140 Petit Marche,
10 Bp. Abidjan 10,Koumassi,
Cote d' Ivoire,West Africa.

Dearest one,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.Introducing myself , I am Grace Adibe, my father was a gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast ),he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips.

Before the death of my father on 29th June 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$10.5M ( Ten Million five hundred thousand U.S),deposited in One of the bank here in ( Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire ,that he used my name as his
only daugther for the next of kin in depositing of the funds. He also explained to me that it was because of this 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 transfer this money and use it for investment
purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management overseas.

Please, I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways.
1- To help me clear and transfer the money out of this country and help me come over to your country to start a new life because my life is not secured here any more.
2-To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am 22 years still in school.
3- To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to help secure a residential permit in your country.

I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ Input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incure Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I
believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.

God bless you.

Yours sincerely

Miss Grace Adibe.




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