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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:
  • "security company in holland" (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. )
  • "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. )
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: pp tt <pp_ttf@yahoo.it>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:28:02 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Prisca Ahmed


Dear Sir,

I am Prisca Ahmed the daughter of late Mr. and
Mrs.gorge Ahmed. My father was a very wealthy cocoa
merchant in Abidjan,

I know that due the fraudulent scams going on in the
world today, you may be doubting and wondering how I
got your mail contact since we have not known or seen
each other before, well,
I got your contact from the Chambers of Commerce here
in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire during my search for a
partner, hence contacting you. my mother died on the
21st October 1984, my father took me and my junior
brother special because we are motherless Before the
death of my father on 30th June 2001 in a private
hospital here in Abidjan.
He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that
he has a sum of $ 26.500.000 (Twenty six Million, five
hundred thousand dollars) which he deposited in a
security company in holland and he used the name of my
younger brother kiki as next of kin in deposit of the
fund. And 550 kilos of au gold in security company in
Ghana.
He also explained to me that it was because of this
wealth and some huge amount of money Which his
business associates supposed to balance him from the
gold transaction they had, that he was poisoned by
them.He then ask me that I should use this money and
take good care of my younger brother,

For some reasons I need your help to move this fund
out of the security company and to invest it in a
foreign country. And also to get a good admission in
any nice school in your country where my younger
brother will finish up his education. Please, I am
honorably seeking your assistance in moving this money
out of the security company and to get us
accommodation in your country, since my brother is
still young and I am still a lady single, I would like
you to play fatherly role in this proposal.

I will send you the certificate of deposit, and the
contract agreement as soon as you confirm to me your
interest of helping me.

thanks with wishes from,
PRISCA

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