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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:
  • "transfer into your account" (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: Sule Khalif <sulekkk101@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <sulekkkkk@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:12:42 +0200
Subject: FROM SULE KHALIF



FROM SULE KHALIFUNITED NATION ASSYLUM CAMPABIDJAN WEST AFRICA Dear, After going through your profile,I became interested in disclosing everything about myself to you.i am interested in long term relationship.i am the only child of late Mr Ibrahim Khalif ,A produce merchant ofSierra Leone, who was assassinated by the RUF rebels on the 16 of April 2004. Unfortunately my mother died for hypertension three week later here in Abidjan and before then my mother has already advised me to look for a person abroad who will assist me by fronting as the foreign partner to my father on whose behalf he deposited the sum of $9.580 Million. This money was deposited with a bank herein Abidjan,it was deposited for a foreign business with his partners. Now that i am in Abidjan andverified the deposit, i need your assistance to help me to transfer this money out,for investment in your country.I ask you to scout for a valuable and lucrative business so that both of us can invest wisely, apart from the relationship. I have in mind to give you 20% of the total and 5% for any expenses which you may incure in course of this transaction. By this mail you are now requested to arrange on how this money will be transfer into your account by sending your details information like telephone and fax number with your bank information deatils so that the transfer will be faster.Waiting for your responseYours sincerelySule Khalif
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