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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • judith_abbey1b@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: judith.abbey1@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 18:24:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: HELLO MY DEAR,CAN YOU BE TRUSTWORLDY TO ME,


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: judith_abbey1b@yahoo.com



- HELLO DEAR,My name Judith abbey. My father died two years ago. I am a national of Ghana West Africa. I come from the eastern part of Ghana where there are a lot of Gold and Diamond concessions. My late father was the chief of the town where I come from in the eastern part of Ghana.As a chief of my town, my late father was entitled to some amount of Gold being contributions from all the small scale mining companies in my town. This Gold is a price paid to the stool and clam to my town. As a chief of the town, my late father received a lot of Gold and Diamond being paid to the chief, stool and clam of the town.This gold and diamond accumulated up to about 600 kilogram and 200kg respectively, which is worth about $13,200,000.00USD and $6,000,000.00USD respectively. Before the death of my father he deposited this gold and diamond with a security company here in Accra-Ghana-West Africa where i live presently. He made this deposit with the intention of selling the gold later on to make a good investment into a lucrative business venture for his entire family.But unfortunately, he died without achieving this goal. Because of his position at that time as a chief, he deposited the gold and diamond with the security company on behalf of a foreign partner abroad. He did that with the intention to travel abroad later to look for a reliable and God fearing person to stand in for him as the foreign partner on whose behalf the gold and diamond was deposited. He did not give any specific name of the foreign partner on whose behalf the gold and diamond was deposited. He simply told the security company that the consignments belong to his foreign partner abroad and his partner will come to claim it later on as such he was issued documents to cover it. He did all these so that the security companywill not know that he owned all these consignments.Now that my father is late, I decided to make claims of these consignments.Upontendering in our claims to the security company, they demanded we need to get someone from abroad since the consignments were deposited in the name of a foreign partner to enable us claim the consignments.Now my late father did not give any specific name of the foreign partner on whose behalf he deposited the consignments so we have to look for someone abroad to stand in for us as the foreign partner on whose behalf the gold and diamond were deposited. Then all the documents will be changed into that person’s name and all the consignments will be released to that person.I have decided to travel abroad to sell the gold and diamond and invest the money into a lucrative business venture. Please I am pleading with you to stand in for us as the foreign partner on whose behalf my late father deposited the gold and diamond so that we can claim these consignments from the security company. I promise 10% of the total amount of the consignment after a successful claim. It is very simple, every document will be changed into your name and the consignments will be transferred to you in your country then I will travel to your country for you to help me sell it and the money will be invested into a lucrative business venture.You are assured of a free, fair, transparent and legal transaction backed up with legal documents.Please reply and tell me your mind so that we shall go on with the necessary procedure to claim the consignments. From the security company.Waiting for your urgent responseThank you,

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