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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "is highly confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "lome togo" (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.
  • mis_christopher_2007@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: chr_chr1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:21:52 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=3A=20Miss=20L=2E=20B=2E=20CHRISTOPHER?=

FROM: Miss L. B. CHRISTOPHER
MISSIONARY QUARTERS A15
CHURCH ROAD ACCRA
GHANA

PLS SEND REPLY TO MY PRIVATE BOX mis_christopher_2007@yahoo.co.in


Dear respectful one
I feel good contacting you today I have read from your add in Internet
knowing quiet well that this contact will bring a
lasting relationship.With regard to your reputation and co-worshipperof
God
who will notdisappoint me nor deny me in faith, I am directing
this letter ofassistance to you.


I am Miss Louisa. Christopher the
only daughter of Mr.Christopher from
Republic of Zimbabwe in desire to
get somebody who will safe guard my
interest, that of my junior
brother
(Louis) and this money.Briefly, our
father Mr. Christopher was a Gold
and Cocoa merchant who based in Lome
Togo, Abidjan cote d'Ivoire, and
had a branch office here in Accra
Ghana.My father was a wealthy
Gold/Cocoa merchant who has business inmany
countries in Europe, America and Asian countries.According to myfather,
my
own mother Died
when I was about six years of age, which
meansthat I did not even know
my mother very well.The story is that myfatherMr. Christopher was
Poisoned to death by his business associates aboutseven months ago,
and he died in a private hospital here in AccraGhana.

But when he was about to die, he called us beside his sick
bed and toldus that he
deposited the sum of fifty Two Million Seven Hundred ThousandUnited
States Dollars (US$52.700,000) with a local
bank there in Accra,the
economic and administrative capital of
Republic of Ghana.This money was
kept for us in my name, his only
daughter. Right now I am a first year
student of business management in
one of the University here.My only
problem now is that since my father
has been poisoned to death by his
business Associates, I don't even
trust any other person here again
including my father's brothers and
sisters.Right now, I want you tohelp us
in the following ways:

1I want you to provide a personal /
company's bank Account where this
amount here he deposited the sum of
fifty Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars (US$52.700,000) into your account.
2)

You are going to be the manager
of this fund and Also my
personalguardian until I finished my studies.
3)

You are going to procure
admissions for us to continue our studies inone of the known
university in your country.
4) You are going to receive 15% of the
total sum for providing a bank
account for this transfer.
5)

That you must prepare immediately to make a working visit to
ACCRAGHANA
here so that me and you can see each other and we can then do
thetransfer at
the same time and I will go back with you toyourcountry.


We hope to receive your early response, as it will
Encourage us, tostop
establishing further contacts as It regards to his subject
matters,so that we will furnish you With a private phone numberwhereyou

canreach us Direct, on receipt of your positive response.For your
information, this place we staying now is a House of a church sister
who sawourcondition and Decided to house us for a while.THIS
BUSINESS IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF OUR LATE FATHER'S
BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOWS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION.Waiting to hear
fromyou
soonPls Send reply to my private email box:

mis_christopher_2007@yahoo.co.in
Thanks for your understanding,
Miss L.B. Christopher

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