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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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: "Sabina Marume" <marumesabina@klikni.cz>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 10:16:14 +0000
Subject: From:Miss:Sabina Marume (Please Help)


From:Miss:Sabina Marume (Please Help)
Winners Chapel intl
Quais rue 2 04 BP 931
Abidjan, Cote D Ivoire.

Dearest One,

I know is wrong to contact you through this means but is just that i am
desperate and my present condition now is frustrating, that was why i use
this medium to fasting up my request.

I am Sabina Marume the daughter of the late assassinated senator in Zimbabwe
Mr Edwin Marume but presently i am in Abidjan , capital city of Ivory Coast
in West Africa , for the past two months now.

My mother Mrs Tabitha Marume was shot and killed by soldiers at Chiwetu Rest
Camp, Percy Muchiwa, for more verification, here is the web site
ttp://allafrica.com/stories/200805010665.html<http://allafrica.com/stories/200805010665.html>
).

i want you to assist me withdraw and transfer my dad money the sum of
*(US$4.5M
)*which he deposited in one of the prime bank basd here in Cote d'Ivoire
into your account in your country and also take me and my only brother out
of here that had made us orpharn.

Why I contacted you was that I went to the bank to withdraw this money since
my late father use my name as the next of kin to the deposit but i was told
by the bank that my late father made an agreement with them that i have to
get to the age of 25yrs before i can make claim of the money or
alternatively i should provide a guardian who can make the claim on my
behalf and that was why i contacted you.

Miss Sabina

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