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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "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)
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • johnandjuliet2009@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: john and juliet <j3o1handj3u1i39@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <johnandjuliet2008@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:23:36 +0000
Subject: FROM JOHN AND JULIET.



FROM JOHN AND JULIET.Dear one, I and my sister decided to reveal to you our problem.I am John Tom(22 years old) and my sister name is Juliet Tom(17years old),the only children of late Chief and mrs. Oni Tom. Our father was a very wealthy Gold/Diamond dealer in Monrovia/Freetown. our father was poisoned to death by his close business associates in Freetown on one of their outings on a business trip. our mother died years back, and our father took us so special.He was also playing the role of a mother to us too. Before the death of our father ,in a private hospital in Monrovia, he secretly called me by his bed side and told me of a deposit of $12,000,000,00 united state dollars (TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS)in a security company in Cote D'Ivoire . He warned me that because of enviness that he was poisoned by his close associates. He also advised me to seek for an honest foreigner in a country of my choice so that those associates will not hurt me and my sister as they have succeeded in poisoning him.Foryour information ,it has been difficult to know who is an honest person to assist us in this transaction,and i decided to make a try on you. Me and my sister has arrived Abidjan,Republic of Cote D'Ivoire,a nearby country where the consignment is deposited since my uncle wants to kill me because of this certificate of deposits as he have suceeded in collecting all my father's property left behind. Heand his wife always punish me and my sister, and have made life very difficult for us.His wife served me and Juliet a poisoned rice meal on the and of october, but for the devine mercy, her daughter secretly whispered to me not to eat the meal because there is poison in the rice. i threw away the meal to the bin only to find his dog dead on the bin the following morning and that made me to run away immediately with juliet my kid sister to abidjan,the economy capital of ivory coast. And we don't want to stay long here in abidjansince we know anybody here and no much money to pay for our hotel bill. Dear, I honourably seek your assistance to hurry up and come down here in abidjan so that me and juliet will take you to the security company where our father deposited the money so that we can introduce you and you will help us to stand as a late father foreign partner for the claim of this money abd also for onward investment in your country.When we clear the consignment from the security company together all of us will go back to your country with you so that we can continue our education over there and you will help us invest the money in your country.I and juliet has agreed to compensate you with 3% of the totalmoney and 1% for any expencies you might incurred. Thank you as we are expecting your responseimmediately you receive this email.Reply us through our confidencail email address(johnandjuliet2009@hotmail.fr) Yours Turely,John and Juliet.
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