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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • reda.alice@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "reda alice" <reda.alice@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:29:44 +0100
Subject: Reponse Urgente

Hola me llamo
REDA ALICE
reda.alice@yahoo.fr
Mi Querido,

Esto es mi placer de ponerse en contacto con usted para una empresa de negocio , que tengo la intención de establecer en su país. Aunque yo no le haya encontrado antes pero creo, uno tiene que arriesgar de confiar tienen éxito a veces en la vida.
Hay una enorme cantidad de millónes de dólares americanos ($3.500.000dólares) que mi tardío padre guardó para mi con una Seguridad la Empresa en Abidjan antes de que él fuera muerte .
Ahora yo quiero invertir este dinero en su país o en todas partes la bastante caja fuerte fuera de África para la seguridad y motivos políticos.
quiero que usted me ayudas a reclamar este dinero y a tranferirle en vuestra cuenta en vuestro país por la inversión intenta sobre estas áreas:
1). Telecomunicación
2). la industria de transporte
3). Cinco hotel de estrella
Si podeis ayudarme estare contento de ofrecerle el 20 % del fondo total
Espero su respuesta lo más pronto posible.
Atentos saludos de,

Sra REDA ALICE.

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