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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:
  • "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)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Melissa Jackson <jkmelissa18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <melissajackson@mailbox.hu>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:15:38 +0000
Subject: From:Melissa Jackson



From:Melissa JacksonAddress:Abidjan-Ivory Coast(Cote d'Ivoire)Tel: +22504265503

Dear Sir, My name is Miss.Melissa Jackson, 18 years from Sierra Leone. My father and I escaped from our country at the heat of the civil war after loosing my mother and two of my senior brothers in the war. As a result of the political instability in my country even after the war, my father established his cocoa and coffee export business in Abidjan-Ivory Coast(Cote d'Ivoire). He was in Buake, a northern city to negotiate for the purchase of a cocoa plantation when he was shot and killed by the rebel troupes fighting to take over the government of the country on the 22nd September, 2002. The death of my father has now made me an orphan and thereby exposing me to danger. Before the unfortunate death, my late father had in his personal account with a bank here the sum of $10.5m(Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). As a result of the present insecurity of lives and property in this country, I wish request that you assist me use your account in your country to transfer the balance of my father's account.
Again to assist me with a letter of invitation that will make me get a visa to your country for residence inorder for me to continue my education and to invest the fund in a viable business venture. I am willing to give you 15% while 5% has been earmarked for any expenses. Please if this is acceptable to you, kindly get in touch with me urgently for more details on how to proceed.I am totally frustrated that my whole mind for now lies on my survival which is securing this money out from this place. Please am confiding completely in you and I really need your assistance at this point of my life as you alone knows of this venture.

I wait for your anticipated positive reply.

Your'sMiss.Melissa Jackson
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