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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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: glades_1k@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:18:02 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Glades Kala

After the death of my mother, long ago, my father was controlling their business untill he was poisoned by his business associates which he suffered and died. Before the death of my father on September 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan where he was admitted, He secretly called me his bed
side and disclosed to me about the sum of Two million Five hundred thousand US dollars . USD ($2.5million ) he deposited in ACHIEVE SECURITY COMPANY. here in Abidjan Cote D'IvoireWest Africa.

He deposited it as family valuables not as money for security reasons.


He also instructed me that I should seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice who will assist me transfer this money in overseas for investment purpose,where it will be save and invested whisly. therefore, I am crying and seeking for your kind assistance in the following ways:

(1) To make provision where the the money will be saved
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am a girl of 19 years old. (3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit for me in your Counry.I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial
production.

This is my reason for writing to you. Please if you are willing to assist me i will offer you 20% of the total money As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your interest to assist me to successfully transfer the money into your Country,Then we shall move into the transfer process as i
will be giving you the Contact of the ACHIEVE SECURITY COMPANY, where my late father deposited the money.

For the confidentiality of this transaction please strictly reply me.

Best regards from
Miss Glades Kala.






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