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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: grace umar <grace_umari@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <grace_umar6@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:45:30 +0100
Subject: FROM MRS.GRACE UMAR



Good Day, My name is Mrs Grace Umar. I came in contact with your profile and therefore picked interest for a business relationship with you,though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk, confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. I was married to Dr. Walaki Umar who worked with Cote'd Ivoire embassy in Sierra Leone for nine years before he died in the year 2004 We were both married for eight years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only nine days. When my late husband was sitll alive he deposited some amount of money with a security firm here in Abidjan,$20.8 Million.(twenty Million Eight hundred thousand U.S.D). At the point of his death he told me of this money and directed me where the documents partaning the deposit was.He told me that I am the only beneficiary as he believes that his family was behind his illness.Presently, this money is still with the Security Firm.(Name of the security Firm withheld now for personal reasons) I am looking for a God fearing foreign partner who will help to retreive this money from the security Firm and retransfer it into his /her account outside Africa for investment purposes. The political stuations here in Africa did not give any encauragement for investors or investments. As soon as I receive your reply mail I shall give you the contact of the security Firm.I will also issue to you a letter of authority that will empower you as the beneficiary of this fund.I have decided that you will get 15% of the total amount for your assistace to me immediately after the conclussion of the transaction.I would like the money to be managed in a profitable manner preferably a joint venture business with you if possible.Please I will like you to note that this money is of no criminal origin as my late husband was a subsdiary agent of Gold miners associations in Sierra Leone before his death.Hoping to hear from you asap. Best wishes,Mrs Grace Umar.
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