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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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin 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.
  • miriamahmed5522@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "miriam ahmed" <miriamahmed1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: miriamahmed552@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 16:26:18 +0200
Subject: FROM MIRIAM

FROM MIRIAM
ASSALAM ALAIKUM
I AM MIRIAM AHMED,22 YEARS OLD,MY FATHER OWNS A COCOA AND GOLD BUSINESS IN
REPUBLIQUE OF LIBERIA. AFTER HIS TRIP TO ABIDJAN COTE DIVIORE TO NEGOTIATE
ON A COCOA AND GOLD BUSINESS. HE WANTED TO
INVEST IN ABROAD.AFTER ONE WEEK HE WAS COMING BACK FROM HIS TRIP TO ABIDJAN,
HE HAD A MOTOR ACCIDENT WITH MY SISTER AND MY SISTER DIED INSTANTLY BUT MY
FATHER DIED AFTER FIVE DAYS IN THE PRIVATE HOSPITAL.
IT WAS LIKE MY FATHER KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE. MAY HIS GENTLE SOUL REST IN
PREFECT PEACE. HE DISCLOSED TO ME AND MY MOTHER THAT HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF
(USD$5,200,000) FIVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A SECURITY
COMPANY IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVIORE THE MONEY WAS MEANT FOR HIS COCOA AND GOLD
BUSINESS, HE WANTED TO ESTABLISH IN ABROAD.NOW I AM SOLICITING FOR YOUR HELP
TO
TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO YOUR COUNTRY
FOR INVESTMENT.PROMISE TO GIVE YOU 10% PERCENT OF THE
TOTALL AMOUNT. PLEASE YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT ME AT (miriamahmed5522@yahoo.com)
MY REGARDS
MIRIAM.

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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam