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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • d_lawri1@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • d_lawri3@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: david lawrience <d_lawri1@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:55:54 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From David lawrence


From David lawrence
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
West Africa.
My private email:d_lawri1@yahoo.ca

My Dear ,

Greetings to you and your family i hope our message reach you well please Dearly !
Kindly accept our apology (me and my sister as the only survivors of our family) for sending unsolicited mail to you.I believe you are a respected personality, considering the fact that I got your contact through a member of the site .
I am Mr David Lawrence and my twin sister miss Rita lawrence , we are 22 years old .we inherited an important sum of money from my late father who was a prominent Gold and Cocoa marchant who died in recent crisis here in Cote d'Ivoire. My mother died when we were little children. I wish to request for your assistance in investing this money in lucrative business venture under your directives and guidiance in your country as our father suggested investment on real estate before his untimely death.
I want you to assist us for the transfer of this sum of fourteen million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars. (USD14.500,000)to your account in your country hence we will give you the contact of the bank where the money is so that you can contact them immediately and discuss with them since we do not know much about financial issues.
we will gladly give you 20% percentage from the total sum for your assistance while we pray that you do not betray us at last.

Please it is important you contact us immediately for more clearification on the next step for smooth conclusion .
Awaiting your immediate response and God bless you.
Reply through my email address: d_lawri3@yahoo.ca
your sincerly
David lawrence






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