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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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)
  • "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)
  • ",500,000" (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 orphan scam.
• 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.
  • mrshebaaa@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Heba Mostafa <heba25most@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: mrshebaaa@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:21:20 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Mrs Heba Mostafa


From Mrs Heba Mostafa
Abidjan Côte D'Ivoire
Dear respectful one,

With due respect and humility I write you this letter which I believe you would be of great assistance to me and my children.
I am Mrs Heba Mostafa, the wife of late Dr Ali mostafa. Prior to my husband assassination by the rebel forces,he was the Director General National Gold and Diamond Mining Corporation of Sierra-Leone.

Few days before my husband was assassinated, he instructed me and my children to move out of Sierra-Leone and also to go into his underground strong room where the documents of money he has deposited in a security company in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire in one trunk box as family valuables and treasures with the name of my first son as the beneficiary. The amount is US$8,500,000 ( Eight Million Five hundred thousand united states dollars) He deposited it in a security company,
we are in a sincerely desire of your assistance to help us restrive this box that contains money out from the security company to your country for investment of the fund.

For your information, the security company did not know the really content of the box and we do not wish them to know until the box is remove from there to your country. As it was deposited as family valuables and treasures.

Meanwhile, we want to leave Cote d Ivoire entirely for investment of this money in your country and mostly for the future of my children. I want you to please assist us to claim the box from the security company.
We have it in mind to reward you with 20% of the total amount after you met assist us bring it out from the security company to your country,

I am waiting to hear from you,

Best Regard,
Mrs Heba Mostafa.reply in this mail, mrshebaaa@yahoo.co.jp


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