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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:
  • "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)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Gallier Arkady" <gaci1010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rallier_220@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 18:18:15 +0000
Subject: From Mr. Grallier Arkady


From Mr. Grallier Arkady
Telephone: +22507917388
I am Mr Grallier Arkidy the only child of Late Mr. & Mrs. Uzoh Arkady.After
going through your profile from www.porkster.com. I select you to assist
me. My father was a cocoa merchant Abidjan the economic capital of Cote
d'Ivoire He was poisoned to death . But before the death , he secretly
called me by his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Four million
two hundred thousand United States Dollars USD ($4.200,000) deposited in one
of the big bank here.

He used my name (Grallier) as the next of Kin to deposit the money. He then
strongly advised me to be careful especially with his friends and even his
lawyer.I have since left the money in the bank with the view of making use
of it for investment purposes after my educational carrier. But as you may
be already aware by now, my country (Cote d'Ivoire) is presently at war
caused by political crises. Rebels have already taken over the whole
Northern part of the country and making efforts towards the capture of the
commercial center of the country Abidjan, where i am now. See this web and
it says the worst to come.
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=3335&l=1
For this urgly development in this country,I have now decided to take quick
actions and have this money transferred out of this country before it is too
late.
I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways:

Please I need your assistance in this ways.
1. Can I completely trust you? 2. What percentage of the total amount in
question will be good for you after the money is transfer to your country?
3.Can you help me to come over to your country and further my educational
carrier?4.Can you asure me of the confidentiality of this transaction till
when this money get to your Custody,this is to ensure that nothing
jeopardizes my last wish on Earth.No matter what your decision may turn to
be I humbly begging you to reply to me.

Thanks and God bless you
Best regards
Mr Grallier Arkady

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