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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • williamsuzanb@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "williams suzan" <williamssuzan01@gala.net>
Reply-To: williams_suzan004@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 01:18:11 +0200
Subject: From Williams and Suzan Alfarouk/Appeal for Urgent Assistance.


*From Williams and Suzan Alfarouk/Appeal for Urgent Assistance.
*
**
*Dearest One,
Greetings in the name of God,We are Williams and Suzan Alfarouk from Sierra
Leone.We are writing you from Rep of Cote D'Ivoire where we Have been taking
refuge after the brutal war and Murder of our parents by the rebels during
the renewed Fighting in our country Sierra Leone Because of the war our late
Father sold his shipping company and took us to a nearby country Cote
d'Ivoire where he deposited US$18, 300,000.00 Million(Eighteen Million Three
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in his foreign account with one of
the bank here in Cote d'Ivoire.We got your profiles and contact Please, We
have prayed before contacting you with the trust and faith in God that you
will be of help to me and my Sister who is seriously sick now coupled with
the current political situation in Ivory Coast now,We are seeking for your
honest assistance and good understanding to help us transfer this Money into
your account for a good investment Project in your country and also relocate
to your country with my younger sister Suzan to further our study as fast as
posible.We are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum for Your honest
assistance.Please for your good information this transaction Is 100% risk
free and has no connection with any illegal transaction, Please Help us to
get out of this terrible situation and our Almighty God will bless you.
Please quickly contact us through our private email address(
williamsuzanb@yahoo.com) for more important details and call kindly us with
this our telephone +22504388869 for more vital information.*
*
**Best Regards*
*Williams and Suzan Alfarouk.*
*+22504388869 *

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