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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:
  • "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)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: <obertchitepo1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: obertchitepo@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:19:01 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GREETINGS,

Dear, Respectful One,
GREETINGS,

Permit us to inform you of our desire of going into business relationship with you. we got your contact from the International web site directory. We prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given to us as a reputable and trust
worthy person we can do business with and by their recommendations we must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere project.

I am obert chitepo with my younger sister rebecca, we are orphans we lost our father after six month he was poinsoned by his business associate. Before the death of our father in a private hospital here in (Abidjan) He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he had a sum of ($6.800,000)
left in a suspense account in a Bank here in (Abidjan)that he used my name as his only son for the next of kin in deposit of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money that his business associates supposed to balance him from the deal they had that he was poisoned, that We should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of our choice where we will transfer this
money and use it for investment purposes, (such as real estate Or Hotel management).

We are honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) To take us like your children and protect this money on our behalf since we are not matured anough to have such money.

2) To provide a Good Bank account where this money will be transferred into and also your private phone and fax number's.

3)We will like to know a little about your family backgruond for more confidence building since we are asking you to assist us.

Moreover we are willing to offer you 10% outof the total sum as compensation for your effort after the successful transfer of this fund to your designated account overseas,while 5% will be map out as any expensis that is made during the transaction.

We are waiting to hear back from you soon.

Thanks and God Bless you.
Best regards.
Obert and Rebecca.




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