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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)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • harriet.ahmed@yahoo.co.th (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Harriet Ahmed <harriet_ahmed1@yahoo.co.th>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:56:12 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Good day


From: Miss Jane Ahmed
Email: harriet.ahmed@yahoo.co.th
Abidjan Cote d'ivoire

Dearest One,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk confiding in someone at times to succeed in life. I have the sum of $18.000.000 (Eighteen million U.S dollars) which my late Father Ibrahim Ahmed kept for me with a bank here in Abidjan before he was poisoned to death.

Now I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. I want you to help me receive this fund with your personal bank account
And as well arrange a resident permit for me join you in your country so we can invest the money together in a lucrative business such as:

1). Telecommunication
2). Transport Industry
3). Five Star Hotel
If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer to you 15% of the total fund. Please due reply me through my private mail box harriet.ahmed@yahoo.co.th with your full contact information's.
I await your soonest response.

Respectfully yours,
Miss Jane Ahmed.



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