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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:
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Rosemary Herbert <rose_herb213@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: rose_herb89@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 03:55:00 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From miss rose

Hello, My Dear

I am Rosemary Herbert the doughter and only child of late Mr and Mrs Martin Herbert My father was a rich cocoa marchant in Abidjan and he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outhing on a business trip.My mother died when I was seven years and since then my father
took me so special.

Before the death of my father on February-11-2002,he called me and told me that he has the sum of two million five hundred thousand us dollars (US$2,500,000))left in fixed suspense account in the bank in abidjan ,Cote d"Ivoire here that he used my name as the only child and doughter in
depositing the money.He also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign person (GOD fearing person)that will assist me to transfer the money for investment purpose .Please, I am honorably seeking your
assistance in the following ways:

1)To provide a bank account into which this money would be transfered to.
2)To serve as a guardian of this money
3)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total money as compasation
for your help after the successfull transfer of this money into your nominated account in overseas. And i am praying and waiting for your reply soon and am willing to release the certificate of deposit of this my late daddies money and bank contact to you so that you can contact the bank with it
for the trasfering, please include your phone number so that i may call you ok to speak with you. ,i am waiting for your reply

Have a nice day,
Loving u,
Rosemary.




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