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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 beloved one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Daniel Haggai" <604@gala.net>
Reply-To: danielhgai2@cantv.net
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:29:23 +0000
Subject: hello


DEAREST BELOVED ONE,

MY NAME IS DANIEL HAGGAI. NATIONALITY SIERRA LEONE. I AM 21 YEARS OLD I LOST
MY FATHER, HE WAS A WELL KNOWN BUSINESS MAN HERE IN ABIDJAN COTE'DIVORE
BEFORE HIS DEATH, HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES DURING ONE OF
THIER BUSINESS ASSOCIATES MEETING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS COUNTRY.

RIGHT NOW I'M PRESENTLY IN ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE AS REFUGEE(ASYLUM
SEEKERS)IT INTEREST ME TO WRITE YOU FROM MY HEART HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT
BETRAY ME.

MY FATHER DEPOSITED SOME HUGE SOME OF MONEY IN ONE OF THE BANKS HERE IN
ABIDJAN WHEN HE WAS ALIFE AS THE PROFITS HE MADE FROM HIS BUSINESS,ACCORDING
TO HIM HE SAID THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS MONEY THAT HE WAS POISONED.

HE TOLD ME TO ARRANGE WITH ANY GOD FEARING FOREIGNER WHO WILL HELP ME TO
RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT TO ENABLE ME GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY
BEFORE HIS ENEMIES KILL ME.

THIS MONEY TOTALING 4.5MILLION EURO( FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDREND THOUSAND
EURO)HOWEVER, WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR GOOD ASSISTANCE IN HELPING ME
TRANSFERRING THE SAID SUM TO YOUR ACCOUNT SINCE I AM INEXPERENCED IN THE
WORLD OF BUSINESS.

TREAT ME LIKE YOUR OWN CHILD, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I AM ASKING FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.THIS COUNTRY IS NO LONGER CONDUSIVE FOR ME TO STAY.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST ME INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY REPLYING
SOONEST.

IN TEARS AND IN GREAT PAIN.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

BEST REGARDS,
DANIEL HAGGAI.

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