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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "calvary greetings" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "mariam ahmed" <mariammeahmed@latinmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:03:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CRY FOR ASSISTANCE.


CALVARY GREETINGS TO YOU IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF OUR GOD.I AM HAPPY TO =
REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I BELIVE THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO =
BETRAY THE TRUST WHICH I AM GOING TO LAY ON YOU.
=20
MY NAME IS MARIAM AHMED , 22 YEARS OLD AND THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF MY LATE=
PARENTS MR.AND MRS MAHMOUD AHMED. MY FATHER WAS A HIGHLY REPUTABLE BUS=
SINESS MAGNET-(A COCOA MERCHANT) WHO OPERATED IN THE CAPITAL OF IVORY C=
OAST DURING HIS DAYS. IT IS SAD TO SAY THAT HE PASSED AWAY MYSTERIOUSLY=
IN FRANCE DURING ONE OF HIS BUSSINESS TRIPS ABROAD ON 12TH.DECEMBER 20=
05.THOUGH HIS SUDDEN DEATH WAS LINKED OR RATHER SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN =
MASTERMINDED BY AN UNCLE OF HIS WHO TRAVELLED WITH HIM AT THAT TIME, BU=
T GOD KNOWS THE TRUTH!=20
=20
MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS JUST 4 YEARS OLD, AND SINCE THEN MY FATHER TO=
OK ME SO SPECIAL. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON DECEMBER 20TH 2005 H=
E CALLED THE SECRETARY WHO ACCOMPANIED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND TOLD HER=
THAT HE HAS THE SUM OF (USD$23.500.000) TWENTY THREE MILLION FIVE HUND=
RED THOUSAND DOLLARS LEFT IN A TRUNK BOX,
WHICH HE DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN, THAT HE REGIS=
TERED IT AS FAMILY VALUABLE ITEMS FOR SECURITY REASONS, HE ALSO TOLD TH=
E SECRETARY THAT HE USE MY NAME AS HIS ONLY DAUGHTER/CHILD AS THE NEXT =
OF KIN, IN DEPOSITING THE BOX.
=20
HE ALSO TOLD THE SECRETARY THAT I SHOULD NOT LET ANY OF HIS RELATIONS T=
O KNOW ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE HE WAS KILLED BY THEM AND IF THEY KNOW ABOUT=
IT, THAT THEY WILL DO NOTHING BUT TO KILL ME IN OTHER TO TAKE HOLD OF =
EVERY THING, HE TOLD HER THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FORIEGN PARTNER ABROA=
D WHO WILL HELP ME TO RETREIVE THE TRUNK BOX AND ALSO TRAVEL WITH HIM O=
R HER IN OTHER TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION AND ALSO TO START A BUSSINESS R=
ELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERSON,
=20
MY DEAR, THIS IS WHY I HAVE COME INCONTACT WITH YOU IN ORDER TO HELP ME=
RETREIVE THAT TRUNK BOX FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY'S CUSTODY AND SEND I=
T TO YOUR COUNTRY AND ALSO TO MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT FOR ME ON HOW I WILL =
COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY IN OTHER TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION AND ALSO TO=
GO INTO BUSSINES RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU HENCE I AM STILL A CHILD AND I =
DONT KNOW ANY THING ABOUT BUSSINES,=20
I AM JUST 22 YEARS OLD AND A UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AND REALLY DON'T =
KNOW WHAT TO DO. THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED A LOT OF SET BACKS AS =
A RESULT OF INCESSANT POLITICAL CRISIS HERE IN IVORY COAST/ COTE DVOIRE=
THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ACTUALLY BROUGHT SORROW TO MY LIFE.
=20
MY DEAR, I AM IN A SINCERE DESIRE OF YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE IN THIS REG=
ARDS AND YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS WILL BE HIGHLY REGARDED.=20
NOW PERMIT ME TO ASK THESE FEW QUESTIONS:=20
=20
1. PLEASE CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU?=20
2.CAN YOU ACCEPT ME AS YOUR OWN BLOOD SISTER?=20
3.WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN QUESTION WILL BE GOOD FOR YOUR=
EFFORT INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER?=20
=20
CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR FULL ASS=
URANCE THAT YOU WILL NOT DISAPOINT ME IN THIS ISSUE SO THAT I CAN GIVE =
YOU THE CONTACT OF THE SECURITY COMPANY WHERE MY LATE FATHER DEPOSITED =
THAT TRUNK BOX FOR YOU TO CONTACT THEM ON HOW THE TRUNK BOX WILL BE RET=
REIVED FROM THEIR CUSTODY AND DELIVER TO YOUR COUNTRY,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS YOU=
AND YOUR FAMILY. =20
=20
YOURS SINCERELY,=20
MARIAM AHMED.


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