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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: janet nobantu <janet201020002006@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 19:37:24 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Nobantu

Few days before my Father was assassinated, he instructed me to move out of Liberia and also to go in his underground strong room where the documents of the consignment he has deposited in a security company in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire is kept, the trunk box(consignment ) was registed as family
valuables and treasures with my name as the beneficiary. ( Next of kins )

The amount is US$9.000,000 ,deposite in a security company,i am in a sincere desire of your assistance to help me retrive this one truck box that contains money out from the security company to your country for investment of the fund.


For your information, the security company did not know the real content of the box and we do not wish them to know until the box is remove from there to your country. As it was deposited as family valuables and treasures.

Meanwhile, i want to leave Cote d Ivoire entirely for investment of this money in your country and mostly for my future . I want you to please assist us to claim the box from the security company.
i have it in mind to reward you with 20 pecent of the total amount for assisting me,i will be waiting to hear from you,

Best Regard,
Miss Janet Nobantu.




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