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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:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found 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.
  • alimamohammed2007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: alima mohammed <missalima2@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <alimamohammed2007@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 16:26:39 +0200
Subject: Please assist me.




Assalamu alaikum,
Please, kindly pardon me for any inconvenience this letter may cause you because I know it may come to you as a surprise as we'have no previous correspondence. My name is Alimah Mariam Mohammed the only child of late Dr Mohammed Abdullahi who was the chairman /CEO of the Sierra-Leone national Gold & Diamond Mining Corporation .presently, I am presently residing in Abidjan economic capital of Ivory coast in West africa, because of the political crisis in my Country. I would Honestly want to seek for an immediate assistance for transaction of $5.5 Million U.S dollars including 500kg of gold dust and 450kg of diamond belonging to my late father who was held bondage by the Rebels during the political crisis in my country and was latter killed. it was this brutal killing of my parent that forced me out of fear to ran to ivory coast to avoid been killed. My late father deposited this money in a bank here in Abidjan before his death. I have every Document regarding the transaction ,I have contacted the bank and confirmed the safety of the deposit, As it is, I have the intention to invest the money overseas and hence i need a foreigner who is capable of giving adequate assistance to me by the way of clearing the deposit from the bank and thereafter forwarding it to your account Abroad for a lucrative investment while i will join you in your country to continue my education . Please do feel free to ask me questions on this as I wait for your reply soonest and However, we don't really know each other, therefore we need to build a strong relationship of trust first which is the most important. Thank you for reading my letter and kindly let me know if you are willing to help me in this transaction so that we can discuss the issue, my alternative email is alimamohammed2007@yahoo.com and kindly keep this message to yourself simply for a security reason. Assalamu alaikum and may the peace of Almighty Allah be with you.
Thanks and God Blessed,
Sincerely yours,
Alimah Mariam Mohammed.
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