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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)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "the consignment " (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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: becky dahmani <becky_dahmani_a@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: becky_dahmani_00@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 07:35:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Miss Becky




Dearest One,

I am Becky Dahmani ,writing from Ivory Coast,I was able to come acros your personal email and i will like you to keep this imformation very confidential .

There is this ($9,500,000.00 United States Dollars) which my late father kept in one security Company here in Ivory Coast as containing family valuables before he was assassinated by unknown persons from the rebels after the new political crisis in my country in 2001. I can not make the withdrawal of this fund, because my late father registered the Beneficiary of the fund as his (Foriegn Bussiness Patner) and also (Family valuables as the content of the deposit) The documents of the deposit are with me.


What I would want you to do, is to assits me to get the consignment withdrawn from the security company, and we shall open a small account in a Bank here in your name, and transfer the money to your country, through the account .We shall replace the name Foriegn Patner to your own name, because the code was used for security reason. I will give you the 15% of the money for your assitance and 5% of any expences that may ocure .There is no risk in this transaction. I will use the remaining balance of the money for an investiment in your country for the future of my life.

If you are intrested, and can maintain the very confidential of this transaction,you e-mail me immediately for more clearification .

Right now,i am not able to clear this box from the company because of my tender age and can not secure this money here because of the political crisis in this country,now i wish to relocate to your country where the box of money will be shipped to and we meet after the box has been transfered to your country for investment.

I want you to help me claim and retrive the box from the security company with the documents I have here with me and transfer it into your country for my future life purposes and on profitable investment.
I will be waiting patienly for your email and hope to get maximum coperation from you.

Goodbye


Miss Becky Dahmani




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