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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)
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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: Anita Akwa <anitaakwa0@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: anita_akwa@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:19:25 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Urgent attention

Dearest One,

I know that my message will come as a suprise to you, but sometimes in life one has to risk confiding in another to succeed.

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country.

There is this amount of Five Million Three Hundred Thousand U.S dollars($5,300,000.00) which my late Father deposited for me in a leading security Company here in abidjan before his death.

I have decided to invest these money in your country and under your care where it will be safe enough outside our Country for security and political reasons.

I want you to help me to retrieve the box from the security company and transfer these fund from here into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on the areas where tax will not be much.

If you can be of an assistance to me, I will be pleased to offer to you 10% of the total fund.

I await your soonest response.

Kind regard,

Miss Anita Akwa.



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