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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 united states 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)
  • "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: Miss Audrey <audreybrigtte2001@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: audrey_gogoua@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 10:18:25 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Miss Audrey

Miss Audrey Brigitte Gogoua
Abidjan cote D'ivoire

Dear Respectful one,
It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe,one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. The amount is US$ 5.5M (Five million, five hundred thousand united states
dollars)which my late Father kept in a security storage house here in Abidjan before he was assasinated by unknow persons.Now I decided to contact you for help to invest the money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. I want you to help me
to transfer this fund to your country for investment purposes
I await your soonest response ;

May God bless you as you assist me.
Yours sincerely.
Miss Audrey Brigitte Gogoua



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