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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found 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.
  • ahmed_alfarouk01@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <ahmed_alfarouk@centrum.sk>
Date:
Subject: WE NEED YOUR HELP.

=46rom Ahmed Alfarouk,

Dearest, One

Greetings in the name of our Almighty Allah .I am Ahmad Alfarouk from S=
ierra Leone . I am writing you from Rep of Cote d=92Ivoire where we hav=
e been taking refuge with my younger sister Amina Alfarouk, after the b=
rutal war and Murder of our parents by the rebels during the renewed Fi=
ghting in our country Sierra Leone.=20

Because of the war our late Father sold his shipping company and took u=
s to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited US$18, 300,000.0=
0 Million (Eighteen Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollar=
s) deposited with a Security Company in a trunk box here in (ABIDJAN) C=
ote D=92 Ivoire, and he made all the vital documents with my name as th=
e next of kin before his death. At the time of Deposit our late Father =
did not disclose the contents of the box to the Security Company as con=
taining Money rather he Deposited it as FAMILY VALUABLES for security r=
easons here in (ABIDJAN) COTE D ' IVOIRE, and he made all the vital doc=
uments with my name as his only son and the next of kin before his deat=
h.

Please, We have prayed before contacting you with the trust in Allah th=
at you will be of help to me and my younger sister Amina Alfarouk, who =
is seriously sick now coupled with the current political situation in I=
vory Coast now, We are seeking for your assistance to help us Claim thi=
s Money in the Security Company where the box is deposited Please remem=
ber that we cannot make use of this money here due to forces surroundin=
g me and my sister at the moment. Please have mercy on us the poor Orph=
ans like us and help us out of this mess. We strongly believe that the =
only way we can secure this money for ourselves is to act fast now and =
lift this money overseas, which is the main reason why we are contactin=
g you for your assistance.

Please, as soon as this fund is lifted into your country, we are willin=
g to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance. And you will h=
elp us invest the money in a very good investment Project in your count=
ry and also help us re-locate to your country to further our study. Ple=
ase for your good information the documents backing this money in the S=
ecurity Company is intact here with me, Please Help us to get out of th=
is terrible situation and our Almighty Allah will bless you. Please if =
you are willing to help us, you can as well reply me through this E-mai=
l Address. ahmed_alfarouk01@yahoo.fr

I look forward to hearing from you immediately.

Best Regards,

Ahmed AlFarouk.

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