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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Heline John <helinejohn03@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: heline.love1@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 03:02:43 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Hello my dear.


Hello,

How are you doing today ? and how was the night over there i hope is fine, also thanks for your sweet mail,After reading your message I belive you can help me and handle my Inheritage,

My name is Heline John, am 24 ys old,Wieght 66kg I am the Daughter of late chief (Daivd john) before his death, My Father was a Big Business Man In (ivory coast) but was killed during the Rebel War... Before I go into further details please be informed that I am writing without any other person's pre-knowledge of my contacting you. therefore i will appreciate same Attitude to be maintained,

All through the days before the death of my father he revealed to me about a huge sum that lodged in BANK which he deposited with my name in a BANK in Senegal ($7.2Million) which was his own share from a sale of Diamond when he was working with Gold and Diamond Company in my country.

After the burial of my late father, I made frantic effort on the best way to handle this money, However I sincerely ask for your! Assistance to get this fund out of the BANK and your share for assisting me will be 20% of the total sum, 10% will be use for upsetting all the expenses incurred in the course of concluding this venture and the remaining 70% you will help me to invest it in your country, I want to assure you that this transactions is 100% risk free,

I attach here my picture for you, Actually am here with all the vital documents of these fund, like deposit certificate and death certificate of late father, also with agreement between bank of africa and my late father during the time of deposit.I may forward it upon your request

My hobbies are travelling watching televission, specially football and basket ball.and stay together with my boyfriend

Thanks for your understanding.
Heline John

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