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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Franka Egondu" <freankaieiiiidu@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:55:55 +0100 (CET)
Subject: DEAREST ONE,


DEAREST ONE,
=20
GREETING TO YOU.WITH DUE RESPECT, I BELIEVE AND HOPE THAT THIS MAIL WIL=
L FINDS YOU IN GOOD HEALTH AND FAITH.=20
=20
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO CONTACT YOU FOR A BUSINESS VENTURE WHICH I 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 IN THIS LIF=
E.
=20
THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY SIX MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNI=
TED STATE DOLLARS (6,300,000.00 U.S.A DOLLARS) WHICH I INHERITED FROM M=
Y LATE FATHER.
=20
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, HE DISCLOSE TO ME ABOUT THE DIPLOMATIC M=
ONEY IN A TRUNK BOX THAT HE DEPOSITED IN A [SECURITY COMPANY] CONTAINI=
NG US $6.300,000. AND MY NAME WAS THE NEXT OF KIN AND THE ORIGINAL DOC=
UMENT OF DEPOSIT IS INTACT. THE FEAR OF MONEY NOT RAISING EYE BROWS HER=
E IN COTE D' IVOIRE, I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU SEEKING FOR YOUR HELP AND=
FOR YOU TO STAND ON MY SIDE IN THE SECURITY COMPANY BECAUSE I AM TOO Y=
OUNG TO HANDLE THIS, SAID BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE SECURITY COMPANY. I WI=
LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AS SOON AS YOU HEAR FROM YOU.
=20
NOW I DECIDED TO INVEST THESE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANYWHERE SAFE E=
NOUGH OUTSIDE AFRICA FOR SECURITY PURPOSES. I WANT YOU TO HELP ME TO RE=
TRIEVE THIS MY ONLY INHERITANCE OUT OF THE SECURITY COMPANY INTO YOUR C=
OUNTRY FOR THE INVESTMENT.
=20
I AM PLANNING TO INVEST THE REST OF THIS MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY UNDER YO=
UR GUIDANCE.=20
=20
I UNDERSTAND FROM MY LATE FATHER THAT REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND BUYING=
OF PROPERTIES IS A VERY NICE AND PROFITABLE INVESTMENT SO I SUGGEST TH=
AT WE INVEST THIS MONEY INTO A REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND BUYING OF PRO=
PERTIES, WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THIS? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF IT OR ANY O=
THER INVESTMENT THAT WILL BE PROFITABLE TO US IN YOUR COUNTRY AS SOON A=
S THE TRUNK BOX IS RETRIEVED FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY.
=20
I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100 % RISK FREE BECAUSE N=
O OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT THIS BOX AND THE CONTENT OF IT APART FROM ME=
AND YOU. ALL IS LEGAL AND AUTHENTIC. BELIEVE ME.
=20
HOW I WISH THAT YOU CAN FLY DOWN HERE SO THAT YOU WILL CONFIRM EVERY TH=
ING TO YOUR SELF? PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN COME DOWN HERE SO THAT =
I WILL ARRANGE TO RECEIVE YOU AND TAKE YOU TO THE SECURITY COMPANY AND =
TO ALSO INFORM THE SECURITY COMPANY ABOUT YOU.=20
=20
MY DEAR, BEAR IN MIND THAT MY LIFE DEPEND ON THIS BOX AND I DO HOPE THA=
T THIS BOX WILL BE SAVE WHEN IT IS FINALLY DELI EVERED TO YOU.
=20
AS SOON AS WE CONCLUDE EVERY THING WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY, I AM GOIN=
G TO SEND YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WILL USE TO OPEN THE BOX SO THAT=
YOU CAN BE ABLE TO SEND ME SOME MONEY FROM THE BOX FOR I TO USE TO GET=
MY TRAVELLING PAPERS TO COME OVER TO YOU FOR THE INVESTMENT AND TO STA=
RT MY NEW LIFE.
=20
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SECURITY OFFICIALS DO NOT KNOW THAT T=
HE BOX CONTAINS MONEY BECAUSE MY LATE FATHER DEPOSITED THE BOX UNDER TH=
EIR CUSTODY FOR SAVE KEEPING AS A FAMILY VALUABLES.
=20
I WILL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS, THEREFORE, SEND ME YOUR TE=
LEPHONE NUMBER AND YOUR PICTURE SO THAT I WILL GO TO THE SECURITY COMPA=
NY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM AS MY GUARDIAN FOR US TO KNOW WHAT NEXT TO =
DO AND HOW THE BOX WILL BE DELI EVERED TO YOU.=20
=20
I DO HOPE OF ESTABLISHING A REWARDING AND GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AN=
D YOUR FAMILY AS SOON AS I JOIN YOU FOR THE INVESTMENT AND TO START MY =
NEW LIFE, REMEMBER I WILL BE CONTINUING MY EDUCATION WHILE YOU HANDLE A=
ND CONTROL THE INVESTMENT AS I FINISH MY EDUCATION.
=20
I AM 22 YEARS OLD, SINGLE AND ALSO A CHRISTIAN BUT I WAS MEANT TO KNOW =
THAT A WOMAN HAS NO RELIGION UNTIL SHE IS UNDER A MAN OR FAMILY. I PROM=
ISED TO ABIDE TO ANY RELIGION THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE INTO.
=20
I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
=20
BEST REGARD.
=20
MISS FRANKA EGONDU


Las m=E1s bellas del planeta, en Miss Mundo 2007 http://www.starmedia.c=
om/entretenimiento/especiales/misses.html

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