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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "transferred into your bank account" (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)
  • "million 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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Rima Ahmed <rimamed1@yahoo.ie>
Reply-To: rimamad1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:27:51 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Request


From: Miss Rima Ahmed 

Dear Sir/Madam,
 
It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since telephone communication can not be suitable enough to communicate to you at first. I am Miss Rima Ahmed 
the only daughter of late Dr. AHMED MANE of Sierra-Leone (SA) I am 20 years of age.
 
My late father was limited liability in Cocoa and Gold merchant in Sierra-Leone before his untimely death. After his business trip to Lome -Togo, to negotiate on a cocoa and gold business he wanted to invest in Lome -Togo.
 
A Week after he came back from Lome, he got an accident with my mother of which my mother died instantly but my father died after five days in a private hospital on that faithful afternoon.
 
I didn't know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother. But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die. He my father, MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE he disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of $18, 000, 000, 00 US Dollars (EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS) in a Bank here in Lome - Togo.
 
That the money was meant for his cocoa and Gold Company he wanted to establish in Lome -Togo, He single handed me the deposit certificate and instructed me to seek for a reliable and trust worthy business partner for my life time investment abroad.
 
Now, I have succeeded in locating the Bank here in Lome -Togo and also I confirmed the items with most honest and confidentiality. Now, I am soliciting for your assistance to help me contact the Bank for the transfer of the money into your bank account and help me to continue my education in your country, after the money is been transferred into your bank account.
 
I am waiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction. Please kindly contact me through the below email address immediately for more discussion. Please don't hesitate to send me a message.
 
Thanks for your kind attention.
Yours-sincerely,
Miss Rima Ahmed.

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