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

Fraud email example:

From: Mary Daniel <maryxani@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:08:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Miss.Mary Daniel


From Mary Daniel

Dearest One,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business. I am a deaf girl and my name is Miss. Mary Daniel the only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Chrisotpher Daniel.My father was a very wealth cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip to France. My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special Before the death of my father on Dec., 2006 in a private hospital herein Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Four million, Seven hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD($4.700,000) left in one of the security company overthere in Europe ,that he used my name as his only Daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his
business associates. As I am a deaf girl i really need your immediate assistance due to the preasure from my late fathers relation.
That is why i contact you to assist me to transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management .

Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
1. Can you honestly help me as you would do to your own relation?
2 To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 21 years old.
3 To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Please consider this and get back to me soon
I awaiting for your urgent respond

Thanks.

Best regards,
Mary Daniel.


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