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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR paul mba" <pollmba@walla.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 14:59:49 +0700
Subject: Business inquiry

Dear sir,

It is my sincere pleasure to acquaint you with this proposal for the purpose of investment in your company
and country. My name is paul mba . I am the son of Late Nelson mba , brother to arrested FODEY SANKOH
leader of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) who was captured by the United Nations Peace Keeping Force.

Before the death of my father, he left for Abidjan, Cote D"Ivoire through the coastal waters with the sum
of US$12.3m (Twelve point three million US dollars) which was left under his control within the
presidential mansion. Immediately he arrived in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire he deposited the money at a
Private Security Company and declared the contents as family treasures for onward deposit to another
security company in bangkok thailand.

The officials of the Security Company in this sense do not know the actual contents of the consignment . My
father later died during the heat of the crisis in Sierra-Leone. Now I am presently in Bangkok, Thailand
where the consigment was deposited as family treasures, with my brother seeking for an avenue to
transfer this money to a reliable and trustworthy individual for absolute investment programs.

Due to our status here as refugees and our ignorance of the business world, we solicit for your assistance
hoping that you are honest and trustworthy in transferring this money.

Your efforts in assisting us would not be under-estimated, we would offer you 15% of total if
you are willing to assist us, I would want you to contact me on this email pollmba@walla.com .

I thank you in anticipation of your soonest response.

Yours faithfully,

paul mba.

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