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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:
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • vivian_jo22@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: vivian johnson <vivian_johnson65@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: vivian_jo22@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:05:25 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FROM VIVIAN


DEAR ONE

I know this mail will be a suprise to you since we've never meet either seing befor.please you should aknowledge my request from your heart due to my critical situation as a result of political crisis here in my country.I wish to request for your assistance in a financial transaction.My name is Vivian johnson, from Ivory Coast in the capital of West africa.I lost my parents during the political crisis in my country,and i'm left alone as the only child of my late parents.I wish to invest in Manufacturing and real estate management in your country with the fund my late father deposited in a fixe depossit account here in the bank, which he used my name as the only child.the total sum is Ten million,five houndred thousand united state dollars.USD($10.5M) to invest in the transaction and I will require your assistance in receiving this funds into your account in your country, as my new beneficiary. I will gladly give you 15% of the total sum for your assistance as soon as
the bank make the transfer, then i will be joining you for my studies also with my investment purposes.

please it is important you contact me immediately,to enable me forward to you the document of the depossit and also with the bank contact for further explanations.this is my personal email address where you will respond to me (vivian_jo22@yahoo.fr)

Awaiting your immediate respond.
Regards,
Vivian


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