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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • gloria_akan1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: gloria akan <gloria.akan20@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <gloria_akan1@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:26:24 +0200
Subject: Mrs.Gloria Akan.



My Dear beloved Friend for give us if we hot you through this letter is due to our condition here now please come for my urgent help. Mrs.Gloria Akan.Abidjan Cote D Ivoire
Attention: My Dear beloved Friend It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my Son,intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. There is this amount of TEN Million US Dollars ($10.000.000:00)which my late Husband deposited with a finance house here abidjan, Capital city of Cote d Ivoire which he wanted to used for his political ambition in our Country before he was assassinated. My Dear one,now I and my son have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Cote d'Ivoire for security reasons. We want you to help us claim and receive this money into your account to enable you help us plan for investment in your Country: My Dear Respectfully Friend I will like to invest part of the money into these two investment in your Country but, if there is any other business that is better than what I have suggested, I will be very glad to follow your advice. 1). Real estate2). The transport industry My Dear Friend If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 30% of the total fund,and also still assist us to invested our own share of this fund. AwaitIing your soonest response. Please contact me with this e-mail: gloria_akan1@myway.com Respectfully yours,
Mrs.Gloria Akan.
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