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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:
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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: Celina Dadou <celinad2008@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: celinadadou2008u@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:14:51 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Celina Dadou.


From Celina Dadou.
Country: Ivory Coast:
City: Abidjan

Hi Dear,

I got your contact information through this site and I decided to contact you, hoping that by God grace you will assist me out from my situation, after my 7good prayers and fasting over seeking for an oversees guardance.
I am Celina Dadou (22years old) the only daughter of late chife Dadou Kakou who was a famous and wealthy cocoa marchant based in Abidjan here,the economic capital of Ivory Coast. I am seeking for your urgent attention to help me transfer the sum of (US$2,300,000.00 ) TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE OF AMERICAN DOLLARS into your bank account for an investment purposes, such as real estates management and stock markerts. I agree that 20% of this money will be for you as my foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, while,5% will be set aside for any expenses incurred after the business and 75% would be for me when I arrive there in your country after the transfer.

NOTE: I have all the necessary documents in relation to this my fund deposited by my late father in the bank here,which I will e-mail to you if I hear from you again. Please reply to my private or you mail me your mobile telephone number so that I can call you and send you my photos.

Trusting to hear from you urgent,
celina dadou





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