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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:
  • "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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: thierry johnson <thierryjohnsonf27@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <thierryjohnson@gawab.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 09:53:00 -0400
Subject: Thierry Johnson



Name : Master Thierry JohnsonAddress : rue 213 Boulivard Gestang Treachville,Abidjan Cote d`ivoire, West Africa.Date : 07th Augest 2007 Hello,I am pleased to contact you this norminated time after much thinking towards this transaction.Looking straight to the point,I am a 21 years undergraduate Thierry Johnson, the only child of late Mr & Mrs Kouame Johnson, President of Café-Cacao & Agro-Alimentaire industrie Plc.(SCAFECAO)San-Pedro. My father was a wealthy cocoa-coffee merchant based in San-Pedro one of the economic cities in the western part of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associate in a diner party organized on his name to honour his company . When my mother died on the 21st of Octber 2000,my father took me so special because i am motherless.Before he gave up the ghost on the 29th of March 2005 by 10.00am in a private hospital here in Abidjan.He secretly called me and informed me that he has a sum of US$ 1.5 million Dollars left in a Local Bank here in Abidjan, Coted'ivoire. Before he finally gave up,he admitted that he used my name as his Son for the next of kin in the deposit of the fund.He explained to me that it was because of his political ambition in the present Government that he was poisoned to death by people he called his friends, He Instructed me to seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this fund and use it for investment purpose,such as real estate properties. I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways: 1) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED. 2) TO LOOK FOR A BETTER UNIVERSITY FOR ME IN YOUR COUNTRY SINCE I WILL STILL LIKE TO FURTHER MY STUDIES. Moreover,sir i am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account oversea.Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as i believe that this transaction would be concluded within seven working days you signify your interest to assist me.Anticipating to hear from you soon. Thanks .Yours Sincerely,Thierry Johnson.
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