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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Jovita Conte <ninaed03@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jovita_conte@yahoo.es
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 08:07:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Urgent Reply Needed


>From Miss Jovita Lansana Conte
=A0
Dearest One,
=A0
I am Writing this mail with painful heart,I am Miss Jovita Lansana Conte fr=
om Republic of Guinea Conakry, presently here in Ivory Coast. I lost my fat=
her couple of weeks. My late father was a President serving=A0 until his de=
ath in my hometown=A0 Guinea Conakry. He died in the hospital after a brief=
illness when he came back from his business trip on September 2008.Before =
his death he deposited in a metal box containing the sum of ($5.5M) Five mi=
llion five hundred thousand USD in a private security company which was mea=
nt for the importation of cocoa processing machine abroad.
=A0
Note:, According to my late father the money is sealed in a trunk box and h=
e did not disclose to the security company the real content of the box to a=
void eyebrows on the box for the safety of the consignment. He declared to =
the security company that the box belongs to his foreign partner and it is =
containing Africa artworks. I want you to do me a favor to help me retrieve=
this box out of the security company's custody in your name as the foreign=
partner and invest this fund in a benefit able=A0 investment in your count=
ry for the future of my life.
=A0
Please if you are willing to assist me, indicate your interest in sending t=
o me the following=20
information.
=A0
Your full name and address
Your marital status
Your occupation
Your country of Origin
Your telephone number
=A0
I will be pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund for your kind assis=
tance.
=A0
Thanks and God bless
Miss Jovita Lansana Conte=0A=0A=0A

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