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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Angela Milan <angela_milan7170@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: angela_milan@consultant.com
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:29:11 -0500 (EST)
Subject: From: Angela Milan


From: Angéla Milan
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
"The west Africa


Cher, Partner.

My name angela milan daughter milan richard both Sierra Leone but who today are unfortunately more of this world. I am an orphan and I am in the company of my younger brother 12years old.

My father was an honorable Marchant of Brut harvested on Diamond Mine extractions Our country Sierra Leone and also operated in the trade of coffee and Cocoa on the zone of West Africa.

I am 22 years old and I currently live in Cote d'Ivoire in Abidjan with my younger brother since 05 July 2004 in an effort to withdraw my mailbox and its contents for investment. But once we arrived here there was the crisis and the security agency in question informed us that our package has accumulated charges for his care that we had to be resolved before the withdrawal of the box. But we had more money to settle these charges because we had enough to survive and more what we had failed to reach the collection agency fees.

On 06 November 2004 the agency to transfer security packages kept in their day care service in Europe because of the crisis that crossed this country for the safety of their clients' assets.

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business that I intend to establish in your country. Although I have never met you but I believe we should by now risking to confide in strangers. There are amounting to eight million United States dollars ($ 8.000.000.00) that my late father had kept for me with a trust fund in cote d'ivoire before he was murdered by persons unknown during this war in my country.

Now I have decided to invest this huge sum in your country or anywhere outside Africa has for Security etles political reasons. I want you to help me to demand and seek these funds supports trustees of the funds and to transfer
Your personal account in your country for further investment in these sectors:
1) Telecommunications
2) The transport industry
3) five-star Hotel
4) Real Estate

If you can be of assistance to me I will be glad to offer you 15% of the total places.
I await your response as soon.
With respect Miss Angela Milan.


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