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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
  • "calvary greetings" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Rute John <rute_john09@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rute_john005@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:05:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: DEAREST BELOVED


I WILL BE VERY HAPPY FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY,

CALVARY GREETINGS TO YOU IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF OUR GOD, I AM HAPPY GOING REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I BELIVE THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
BETRAY THE TRUST WHICH I AM GOING TO LAY ON YOU.

MY NAME IS MISS RUTE JOHN, 21 YEARS OLD GIRL AND THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF MY LATE PARENTS MR.AND MRS STEVE JOHN. MY FATHER WAS A HIGHLY REPUTABLE
BUSSINESS MAGNET-(A COCOA MERCHANT) WHO OPERATED IN THE CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST DURING HIS DAYS. IT IS SAD TO SAY THAT HE PASSED AWAY MYSTERIOUSLY IN FRANCE DURING ONE OF HIS BUSSINESS TRIPS ABROAD ON 12TH.DECEMBER 2005.THOUGH HIS SUDDEN DEATH WAS LINKED OR RATHER SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN MASTERMINDED BY AN UNCLE OF HIS WHO TRAVELLED WITH HIM AT THAT TIME, BUT GOD KNOWS THE TRUTH!

MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS JUST 4 YEARS OLD, AND SINCE THEN MY FATHER
TOOK ME SO SPECIAL. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON DECEMBER 20TH 2005
HE CALLED ME SECRETARY WHO ACCOMPANIED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS THE SUM OF (USD$10.500.000) TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH HE DEPOSITED IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT IN A BANK
HERE AND THE BANK AFFLIATE IVORY COAST AND THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY DAUGHTER FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSITING OF THE FUND.

HE ALSO TOLD THE SECRETARY THAT I SHOULD NOT LET ANY OF HIS RELATIONS
TO KNOW ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE HE WAS KILLED BY THEM AND IF THEY KNOW ABOUT IT, THAT THEY WILL DO NOTHING BUT TO KILL ME IN OTHER TO TAKE HOLD OF
EVERY THING, HE TOLD HER THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR GOD FEARING FOREIGN
PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE, (SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT) AND ALSO
TRAVEL WITH HIM OR HER IN OTHER TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION AND ALSO TO
START A BUSSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERSON.

MY DEAR, THIS IS WHY I HAVE COME INCONTACT WITH YOU IN ORDER TO HELP ME
TO TRANSFER THE MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT AND ALSO TO MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT
FOR ME ON HOW I WILL COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY IN OTHER TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION AND ALSO TO GO INTO BUSSINES RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU HENCE I AM STILL A CHILD AND I DONT KNOW ANY THING ABOUT BUSSINES,
I AM JUST 21 YEARS OLD AND A UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AND REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED A LOT OF SET BACKS AS A RESULT OF INCESSANT POLITICAL CRISIS HERE IN IVORY COAST/ COTE DVOIRE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ACTUALLY BROUGHT SORROW TO MY LIFE.
MY DEAR, I AM IN A SINCERE DESIRE OF YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE IN THIS REGARDS AND YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS WILL BE HIGHLY REGARDED.

NOW PERMIT ME TO ASK THESE FEW QUESTIONS:

1. PLEASE CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU?
2.CAN YOU ACCEPT ME AS YOUR OWN BLOOD SISTER?
3.WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN QUESTION WILL BE GOOD FOR YOU.

EFFORT INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER?
CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR FULL ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL NOT DISAPOINT ME IN THIS ISSUE SO THAT I CAN GIVE
YOU THE CONTACT OF THE BANK WHERE MY LATE FATHER DEPOSITED THE FUND FOR YOU TO CONTACT THEM AND ASK THEM ON HOW THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERED
FROM THEIR BANK TO YOUR OWN BANK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MISS RUTE JOHN.




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