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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 - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Angel tanoh <miss_angel_tanoh10@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 15:28:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please Assist Me


FROM MISS ANGEL TANOH
UNITED NATION REFUGGES CAMP
DANNI, ABIDJAN,
IVORY COAST

HELLO DEAR,

BASED ON YOUR PROFILE I AM HAPPY TO REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND
, I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL NOT
BETRAYED MY TRUST WHICH I AM GOING TO LAY ON YOU.
I AM MISS ANGEL TANOH, 22YEARS OLD AND THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF MY LATE
PARENTS MR. AND MRS JACOB TANOH. MY FATHER WAS A HIGHLY REPUTABLE BUSINESS
MAGNET-(A COCOA MERCHANT)WHO OPERATED IN THE CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST
DURING HIS DAYS. IT IS SAD TO SAY THAT HE PASSED AWAY MYSTERIOUSLY IN EUROPE
DURING ONE OF HIS BUSINESS TRIPS ABROAD YEAR 12TH.FEBUARY 2004.THOUGH
HIS SUDDEN DEATH WAS LINKED OR RATHER SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN
MASTERMINDED BY AN UNCLE OF HIS WHO TRAVELLED WITH HIM AT THAT TIME.
I WILL OFFER YOU 10% OF THE TOTALL AMOUNT FOR HELPING ME TO RECIEVE THE
CONSIGNMENT.
BUT GOD KNOWS THE TRUTH! MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS JUST 8 YEARS OLD,
AND SINCE THEN MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL. BEFORE HIS DEATH ON FEBRUARY
12TH 2004 HE CALLED THE SECRETARY WHO ACCOMPANIED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL
AND TOLD HIM THAT HE HAS THE SUM OF FOUR MILLION 500 HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE
DOLLARS.(USD$4.500.000.00) LEFT IN A SECURITY COMPANY IN A METALLIC TRUNK BOX, BUT
THE SECURITY COMPANY DID NOT KNOW THE CONTENT BECAUSE IT WAS REGISTERED
AS FAMILY VALUABLES PERSONAL FOR SECURITY REASONS.
I AM JUST 22YEARS OLD AND A UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AND REALLY DO NOT
KNOW WHAT TO DO. THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED A LOT OF SET BACKS AS A
RESULT OF INCESSANT POLITICAL CRISIS HERE IN IVORY COAST. THE DEATH OF
MY FATHER ACTUALLY BROUGHT SORROW TO MY LIFE.
DEAR, 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 YOU THIS QUESTION:-
1. CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU?
CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MY SINCERE REGARDS,
MISS ANGEL TANOH.


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