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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
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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:
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +225 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jenat Abbie" <jenabbie000001@latinmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:12:29 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM:JENAT


MISS JENAT ABBIE
1500 TREICH TOWN LOT 26
SAN PEDRO,ABIDJAN 00225
COTE D' IVOIRE

DEAR ONE,
HOPE THIS MAIL WILL FIND YOU IN GOOD HEALTH AND LOT OF C=
HEER...=20
=20

HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ? I HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU ALL OVER THER=
E, THANK BE TO GOD WHO MADE EVERY THING TO BE WELL WITH US. I ALSO THAN=
K YOU FOR RECIEVING MY MAIL REMAIN BLESSED.
=20
THE SUDEN DEATH OF MY FATHER,I HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO HPYSICAL AND PSYC=
HOLOGICAL TORTURE BY THE SECURITY AGENT IN MY COUNTRY WHICH I DO BELIEV=
E MUST HAVE BEEN AN UNDER GRAND WORK FROM OTHER MEMBER OF MY LATE FATHE=
R. AS AN ORHPAN THAT IS SO TRAUMATIZED, I HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE WITH ANY=
BODY WITHEEN THE COUNTRY.

IT IS SAD TO SAY THAT MY FATHER PASSED AWAY MYSTERIOUSLY IN FRANCE DURI=
NG ONE OF HIS BUSINESS TRIPS ABROAD YEAR 28TH.OCTOBER 2005.THOUGH HIS S=
UDEN DEATH WS LINKED OR RATHER SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN MASTERMINDED BY A=
N UNCLE OF HIS, WHO TRAVELLED WITH HIM AT THAT TIME. BUT GOD KNOWS THE =
TRUTH!MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS JUST 6 YEARS OLD,AND SINCE THEN MY FATH=
ER TOOK ME SO SPECAL.

BEFORE HIS DEATH ON OCTOBER 28TH 2005 HE CALLED THE SECRETRY WHO ACCOMP=
ANIED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND TOLD HIM THAT HE HAS THE SOME SEVEN MILLI=
ON SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS.{USD$7.600,000} LEFT IN A =
STORAGE COMPANY HERE,AND HE ALSO TOLD THIS MAN THAT HE USED MY NAME AS =
NEXT OF KIN TO THE DEPOSITED FUND.THOUGH I AM JUST 23 YEARS OLD GIRL AN=
D AN UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE.

NOW I NEED YOU AS MY OVERSEAS PARTNER SO THAT YOU WILL HELP ME TO RETRI=
EVE THIS MY ONLY INHERITANCE,AND ALSO TO HAVE A DIRECTIVES SENSE OF INV=
ESTMENT THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE FUND, AND AFTER THE TRANSACTION I WIL=
L LIKE TO COME AND LIVE WITH YOU AND I AM READY TO DO ANYTHING OF YOUR =
CHOICE.

THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED A LOT OF SET BACK AS A RESULT OF INCESS=
ANT POLITICAL CRISIS HERE IN IVORY COAST. THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ACTUAL=
LY BROUGHT SORROW TO MY LIFET AND I WISHED TO INVESTE UNDER YOUR CARE P=
LEASE.

I AM IN A SINCERE DESIRE OF YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE IN THIS REGARDS.YOUR=
SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS WILL BE HIGHLY REGARDED.

NOW PERMIT ME TO ASK THESE FEW QUESTIONS.=20

1. CAN YOU HONESTLY HELP ME?

2. CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU?

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN QUESTION WILL BE GOOD FOR YOU AF=
TER THE MONEY IS IN YOUR CUSTODY WHILE I GO INTO EDUCATION? PLEASE CONS=
IDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SINCERE REGARDS,
MISS JENAT ABBIE.

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