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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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 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.
  • nvri002@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Veronica Nguessan <nvricad0014@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <nvri002@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:45:46 +0000
Subject: VERY CONFIDENTIAL



MY dear, I have just decided to write to you . And I do not intend to disclose this matter to any other person for safety reason. I appologise for the embarrsement this letter may cause you. I am Mrs. Veronica Richard. Nguessan 41 yr. old mother of two, the wife of late Mr. Richard Nguessan from the Takwarade province in the Republic of Ghana, West Africa. I am writing to seek for your confidential assistance to transfer the sum of US $9.000.000.00 Nine million dollars in your name to your country, where I wish to relocate. My late husband was a potential Cocoa and agricultural produce merchant based in South-Africa. He was always travelling between Pretoria and Ivory Coast for his business. A week after he came back from Ivory Coast in one of his business trips, he was killed with my first son by unknown assassins. My husband while still in the hospital, after all hope of reviving him failed, disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of USD$9,000,000.00 (Nine Million United States Dollars) in a fixed deposit with a commercial bank in Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire that the money was meant for his business he wanted to invest in Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire. That his business friend who knew about the deposited money planned for his death. According to my husband he told me to take care of the money for the sake of his family and business. He instructed me to seek for a foreign business investment partner abroad where we can relocate because of the fear of what his business friends can do to us here . As a result of this we cannot stay in our country again .I have succeeded in re-locating to Abidjan Ivory Coast and I have confirmed the existence of the fund in the bank here in Abidjan -Cote d'Ivoire with the deposit documents he gave to me before his death. With utmost confidence, and because of the political problem in this country now, every foreigner and even the citizens who are on the opposition is afraid of the insecurity in the country. so I am soliciting your assistance to send to me your bank account particulars where this money will be transferred to as my late husband's foreign business partner for joint investment in your country, as this money is now our only hope . Immediately this money gets to your country, I am willing to give you 15% as your commission for assisting me. do contact me on the above email address or nvri002@yahoo.fr immediately for more details. Thank you and God bless. Best regards, Veronica R. Nguessan
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