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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • stellar_solomon@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: stellar solomon <stellar_s227@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <stellar_solomon30@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:18:16 +0200
Subject: Bonjour / Good-Day ,



Bonjour / Good-Day , Nous sommes Stellar & Solomon Wemba. Nous vous écrivons de la Côte Ivoire où nous sommes inscrits dans les agences de réfugié après la guerre et l’assassinat brutale de nos parents par les rebelles. A cause de la guerre notre Père a vendu sa compagnie de transport des contenaires à $4,500,000.00 ( quatre millions cinq cent mille dollars) qu’il disposait au pays. Actuellement cette somme est déposé dans une banque de la place en Côte d’Ivoire. Ce montant est destiné à son partenaire à l’étranger. Par le net nous avons obtenu votre adresse mail et nous voulons que vous nous aidiez à transférer ce montant sur votre compte. Après nous allons venir continuer les études chez vous et en retour nous vous donnerons 15% de la somme totale. On espère que vous n’allez pas nous trahir. Vous pouvez nous contacter sur notre cite Internet qui est stellar_solomon@yahoo.fr Merci de nous avoir écritSTELLAR & SOLOMON

Good day and God bless, We are Stellar and Solomon Wemba. We are writing you from Rep of Cote 'Ivoire where we have been taking refuge after the brutal war and murder of our parents by the rebels during the renewed fighting in our country. Because of the war our late Father sold his shipping company and took us to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited US$4.500,000.00 Million in his foreign account with one of the bank here in Cote d'Ivoire Please, we got your profile from this site and due to the current political situation in Ivory Coast we are seeking for your assistance to transfer this Money into your account if you will not betray us when the money gets to your country? So we can also relocate to your country to further our study and we are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum for your help. E-mail stellar_solomon@yahoo.fr, for details.Thanks,Stellar and Solomon
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