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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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: Christelle Toure <telletoure5@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 04:27:48 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Urgent


From:Miss Christelle Awa Touré

Dearest One

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.
I am Miss Christelle Awa Touré, the only daugther of late Mr and Mrs George Touré.
My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in here Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote D'Ivoire before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal.

I 'm just 2 years when my mother died, my mother died on the 16st October 1990, my father took me so special because I am motherless. Before the death of my father on 29th June 2004 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of 10.600.000US$ left in a security company here in Cote d'ivoire, that he used my name as his only daugther for the next of kin in deposit of the consignment.

Further more 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.He then advised that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice who will assist me retrieve this consignment and transfer this money and use it for investment purpose.

I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
1) I want you to help me retrieve this money from the security company here and transfer it to your account for onward investment in your country.

2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and also my personal guardian until I finished my studies as I'm just 19years old.

3) You are going to procure admission for me to continue my studies in one of the university in your country.

4) Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successful retrieve of this consignment from the security company here.I would want you to provide your personal contacts including your phone/fax number for easier communication. And I am willing to proceed with you as soon as I have your response.

I am waiting to hear from you.


Miss Christelle Awa Touré .


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