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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. )
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • paulmartins22007@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: paul martins <paulmartins22009@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:22:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Paul Martins


>From Paul Martins
Abidjan Republic of Cote D'Ivoire.West Africa

Dearest One

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you, I got your name and contact from your country directory, please i need a trust-worthy person that will help me to transfer this money. I am Paul Martins, the only Son of late Mr and Mrs Paul Williams. My father was a very wealthy Gold Merchant in Monrovia the Gold Capital of republic of Liberia all in west africa my father was poisoned by his business associates while my mother died when i am little and my father took me so special because I am his only son.

Before the death of my father on 14th December 2005 in a hospital here in Cote D'ivoire, he secretly called me and told me that he has the sum of(USD $15 MILLION FIFTEEN MILLION U.S DOLLARS )which he deposited in a Security company in metal box as family valuable in my name as next of kind here in Cote D'ivoire. He also made me understand that it was because of this money he waspoisoned by his business associates while on a business trip with them and he instructed me to look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer this money out of this Cote Divoire and invest it for me, my purpose of contacting you is for you to help transfer this money to your country before this peoples who kill my father will kill me too. I'm now hiding in a local place here and I will compensate you with 20% ofthis money if you help me to transfer the money to your account l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you because this money is my only hope in this life and you will also
help me to come over to your country to continue my education while you will invest my own share of the money for me. for more detail kindly contact me at paulmartins22007@gmail.com

I can assure you there is No Risk involve the money is an inheritance from my late father.
waiting to hear from you,
Paul Martins



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