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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:
  • "any lucrative business in your country" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: richard joyce <richardjoyce17@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <richardjoyce@hotmail.fr>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:14:18 +0200
Subject: Seeking your assistance




From Richard & Joyce,
Dear,
Permit us to inform you our desire for you to help us. You might be surprised on receiving this mail due to we have not known before .By introduction , I am Richard and my Sister is Joyce we are a citizen of Sierra Leone and the Children of late (Mr Micheal. A. Anthony) My Late parents was killed by the rebels in my home town Mendie district, the second Economic Capital of (Sierra Leone) during the recent Political crisis, After their death, I and my younger Sister Joyce manage to run out of our Country to (Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire) where we are staying now for our safety. Our father was a Wealthy Cocoa and Gold Merchant before he met his sudden death Before their death in a private hospital , Our father disclosed to us of the total Sum of $9.5 (Nine million Five hundred thousand US Dollars) he deposited with a Royal Security Company here in (Abidjan, Cote d' ivoire).
Dear, please we are honorably seeking your assistance to transfer this funds into your position in your country before our arrivals. we also want you to stand as a guardian to us in investing this money into any lucrative business in your country. we will also like you to make an arrangement for us my younger Sister to further our Education in your country. we will offer you 15% of the total Sum as compensation after the transfer . Please, get back to us to enable me inform you the requirement before the transfer of the funds into your position,Thanks for your kindness and God bless you.Expecting to hear from you.
Sincerely,Richard & Joyce,
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