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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • rospet2@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Rosemary Alfarouk <rospet9@live.fr>
Reply-To: <rospet2@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:45:37 +0000
Subject: Remain Blessed



From:Rosemary and Peter Alfarouk Bp .cocody Abidjan Cote D'ivoreWest AfricaEmail:rospet2@myway.comTel +22501007356 Attn Dearest One

Greetings in the name of God. We are Rosemary and Peter Alfarouk from Sierra Leone.I am writing you from Rep of Cote 'Ivoire where we Have been taking refuge after thebrutal war and Murder of our parents by the rebels during the renewed Fighting in our country Sierra Leone. Because of the war our late Father sold his shipping company and took us to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited US$18, 300,000.00 Million (Eighteen Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in his foreign account with one of the bank here .Please, We have prayed before contacting you with the trust in God that you will be of help to me and my Brother he is seriously sick now.Coupled with the privious political situation in Ivory Coast,We are seeking for your assistance to transfer this Money to your account for a good investment Project in your country and also relocate to your country with my Brother Peter to further our study.We are willingto offer you 15% of the total sum for Your assistance.Upon your respond we will like you send to us your private phone and fax number for ease communication, as well with your contact address and your full name addition with your bank account, so we will use it to introduce you to the bank as our Guidain /foreign partner to our late father for the transfer of the fund to your account with out any problem.Please for your good information this transaction Is 100% risk free and in no way connected with any illegal transaction, Please Help us to get out of this terrible situation and our Almighty God will bless you Please kindly get back to us fast for more discussion on how to carry on with the transaction fill free to call us+22501007356 contact through our private email address (rospet2@myway.com) for more details

Best RegardsRosemary and Peter Alfarouk
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