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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:
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "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: konan juliet <julietkonan83@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:12:53 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Good Day Dear,


Good Day Dear,

My name is juliet konan ,am 22 years old,I am Ivorian Natinonality in West African regoin.I am the only daugther of late CHIEF WALEHJI konan, my late father is the former Director of Gold and Diamond Minning industry here in Bouakee before the rebels attacked our house and kill my mother and my father,Luckly to me,i was in school at Ghana when the incident happens.

Before the death of parents,my father told me that he deposited the sum of US$ 2,500,000.( two Million,Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) with a Bank here in Abidjan under fixed suspence account that he used my name as the next of kin that i should be 25 years before having access to it.He also told me that his intention was to open Bank account in overseas and transfer the money for foreign investments.

Please,my reasons of contacting you is to request for your co-operation and assistance to help me transfer this money into a foreign account of yours by providing a bank account either companys or your private account where the money can be remitted in your care until I finished my Education career in your country. Please remember the confidentiality and urgency my mail required while I expect to hear from you.

Thanks and God bless you and your family.
Yours Sincerely,
juliet konan


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