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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:
  • "million american 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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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: Rose Guei <r_rguei204@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:25:39 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FROM MISS ROSE GUEI


FROM MISS ROSE GUEI
IVORY COAST WEST AFRICA

DEAREST ONE

I AM MISS ROSE GUEI FROM IVORY COAST AND I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A SUM OF MONEY THAT MY LATE FATHER LEFT FOR THE FAMILY BEFORE HE WAS KILLED BY THE REBELS .AND AS HIS FIRST DAUGHTER AND THE ONLY SURVIVAL IN THE FAMILY, WHY BECAUSE I WAS NOT AT HOME WHEN THEY ( THE REBELS ) ATTACK OUR HOUSE AND KILLED MY FATHER/MOTHER AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, AND BEFORE THE SUDDEN DEATH OF MY FATHER,HE GAVE ME THE COVERING DOCUMENTS OF THE FUND DEPOSITED IN THE SECURITY COMPANY, AS I AM HIS FIRST DAUGHTER AND HE SO MUCH LOVED ME THAT WAS WHY HE MADE ME THE BENEFICAIRY OF THE FUND.

THIS MONEY IS 18.5 MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS AND THE MONEY IS IN THE SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN. MY FATHER WAS EX MILITARY/EX PRESIDENT BEEN AN OPOSITION PARTY TO THE PRESENT GORVERNMENT OF COTE D'IVOIRE. ON THE 19TH SEPT 2002 MY FATHER/MOTHER INCLUDING EVERY MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY WAS MURDERED BY THE REBELS DURING THE TIME THEY ATTACK OUR HOUSE I AM THE ONLY ONE LEFT AND NOW I WANT YOU TO STAND AS MY GUIDIAN AND APPOINTED BENEFICIARY AND RECEIVE THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY SINCE I AM TOO YOUNG AND WITHOUT MOTHER NOR FATHER.

PLEASE I WILL BE GLAD IF YOU REPLY TO ME ,SO THAT I WILL TELL YOU ALL THE INFORMATION AND THIS CONSIGNMENT WILL BE TRANSFERED TO YOU,SO THAT I CAN JOIN YOU THERE AND CONTINUE MY EDUCATION .

I AM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY AND I WILL CALL YOU AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU. I WILL BESENDING YOU A COPY OF MY PICTURE SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW THE PERSON YOU ARE HELPING IN MY NEXT MAIL. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THANKS.
MISS ROSE GUEI


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