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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million american 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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: sandra bamba <sbbb12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <sandrabamba401@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:19:00 +0000
Subject: From Miss Sandra Bamba



From Miss Sandra BambaIvory Coast West Africa Dearest One. I am Miss Sandra Bamba from Ivory Coast and I am contacting you because I need your help in the management of a sum of money that my dead father left for me before he died.This money is USD 6.5 million American Dollars and the money is in a bank here in Abidjan the capital city. My father was a very rich cocoa farmer and he was poisoned by his business colleagues and now I want you to stand as my guidian and appointed beneficiary and receive the money in your country since I am only 19 years and without mother or father. Please I will like you to reply to this email so that I will tell you all the information so that this money will be transferred to you so that you will get me papers to travel to your country to continue my education there. I am waiting for your urgent reply and i will call you as soon as i hear from you. Thanks.Miss Sandra Bamba
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