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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • sofiane_brahim10@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sofiane" <sofiane_ibrahim002@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 07:47:34 +0200
Subject: Dear i am writting with tears of sorrow

Dearest One,
I am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance after I have gone through a profile that speaks good of you. I want to find out if it's possible for you to deal with individual as to investment.I came across your profile andI would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you.
Well i am Sofiane Ibrahimm i am from iraq ,and the only child of COL Ibrahim Hussan,My father is now late,he died during the Amerrican attack on Sadan Hussan army in my country(Iraq). He was one of the high officers in the leadership of former president SADAM HUSSAN who is now under arrest by americans, after many innocent soul were killed,My father was unlucky to be among those that was killed by the Amerrican.Since after the death of my father my mother has not been her because she love my fahter so much and warnned my father to retire from army but he could not listen. Before the death of my father on 2004 he called the me and mother and told us that he has the sum of Ten million, Five hundred thousand United State
Dollars.(USD$10.500,000) in one trunk box deposited in a security company which he declared to the company simply as containing family valuable treasure for security
reason.that was our last family discussion,be fore his death

He further told us that he deposited the consignmnent with my name as the next of kin, and finally told us to live the country immediately in other to make sure we are in a save possession,then this is how we came down to west africa but now my lovely mother is in a bad condition of health,
This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life.I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards . Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly take me as your own and help me.
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question
will be good for you after the money is in your
account?

Please, Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible
my mothers life is in . i really need your asistance now so that if the security company release the money to you then you will from there send some money for us so that will come over to your country for a good treathment for my mother and then i will move on with my education while you will help us invest the money iraq govement is not aware of this money, I want to leave here as soon as you help me to have the consignment cleared from the security company and lodge it into a safe account in your stable country . Without your help, i will find it difficult to clear it myself alone with my little or no experience.
I am waiting for your urgent reply with your contact phone number so that i can give you the contact of the security company for you to contact them as if you are my partner. and in due course I will give you the secret code for opening the consignment when you are ready to go on my behalf.please dear writte me back on (sofiane_brahim10@yahoo.com)

Thank you so much.
My sincere regards
SOFIANE.

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