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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "trunk box" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: c m <charles_67_maxwell@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <charlesmaxwell@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:49:48 +0100
Subject: confidential & needed



confidential & neededFrom:Charles MaxwellRUE: 521 Cocody AbidjanCote D' Ivoire West Africa.


Hello dear,
It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration, since I cannotbe able to see you face to face at first. Being the only son of my father,late Chife Anthony Maxwell from Sierra- Leone Africa (WA) I am 22 years of age.My father was limited liability Diamond and Gold merchant in Freetown Sierra-Leonebefore his untimely death.

After his business trip to abidjan to nagociateon a Good Investment business he wanted to invest in abidjan.
A week after he came back from abidjan , he got an accident with my motherof which my mother died instantly but my father died after five days ina private hospital on that faithful afternoon, I didn't know that my fatherwas going to leave me after I had lost my mother, but before he gave upthe ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die.

my father, (MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE) he disclosed to me that he deposited sum of ($12,000,000,00 Million Dollars) in a security company here in abidjan That the money was meant for his Diamond and Gold company he wanted to establish in abidjan though, according to my father he deposited the money in a trunk box but declared it as vital family belongings.

He single handed me the key of the box and the deposit certificate and instructedme to seek for a reliable and trust worthy business partner for my lifetime investment abroad. Now I have succeeded in locating the security companyhere in abidjan also confirmed the items with most honest and confidentiality.Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me lift this money out fromabidjan to your safe account abroad so that we should invest it in any meaningfullucrative business in your country because this is my only hope in life.

I am willing to offer you 10% of the total fund if only you can help me out of my present predicament. Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction.I thank you for your understanding while i will be waiting for your immediate
response to me
Yours sincerely,
Charles Maxwell.
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