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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. )
  • "the consignment" (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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Ruth Idia <ruth_7idia1@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: ridiaruthrrii@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:23:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Ruth.


From:Mrs Ruth I. Adun.

Dear one,

I am the above mentioned person from Ivory Coast.I am the wife of late Mr I. Adun, who before his death on sptember 19th 2002, in the civil war. He was a hard working cocoa farmer for 45 years and also an exporters of cocoa, both of us were born-again christians when my husband was alive. We had a child for our 30 years of marriage.

After the death of my husband,his relatives advised me to get married to one of them because I am looking very young which i refused and for that reason they created enmity between me and the whole of the family.

My late husband before his death he deposited the sum of ($4.9million dollars) with a security company here in Ivory Coast, during the political crisis the security company now liffited the consignment to their affilated security company in Europe and my son appears as the next of kin. But the family are trying to under rating him.

I am suffering from cancer, due to my critical condition now that is the reason why I am asking for your assistance.

Please,I hope you will grant and view this very request with favour and much understanding of our situation now,and I will be a very honest and reliable person to deal with.

I wait for your urgent response as soon as you read this very request.

Thanking you remain bleesed.

Best Regards,


Mrs Ruth Idia



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