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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found 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.
  • mogomzeynab@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ZEYNAB MOGOM" <mogomzeynab@ig.com.br>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:45:15 +0200
Subject: From Miss Zeynaba Mogom.


Hello My Dear ,

I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the wish of
God for you to help me out of this predicaments , God almighty will bless
and reward you aboundantly, I am Miss Zeynaba Mogom 24 years of age and
single,I am loving, caring and home oriented despite the fact that I am
from royal family. I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and
to know more about you and build up a solid foundation with you in time
coming.

Well, my father was the managing director of Mogom and Associate (Ltd) and
was the peronal advicer to former Head of State of our country (Ivory
Coast), before the rebels attacked our house one early morning killed my
father also my mother in a cold blood, i managed to make my way to near by
country Senegal with my junior brother 12 years who later died after some
months here in the refugee camp.

My father deposited the sum of USD,7.3000 000 dollars (SEVEN MILLION THREE
HUNDRED US DOLLARS,) in a Bank, when the war is about to start, which he
deposited with my name as the next of kin and the bank has told me that
due-to my status as a refugee that i can not operate the account and they
told me to look for a foreigner who will stand on my behalf and claim the
money into a foreign account.

Now,I urgently need your humble assistance to move this money from the firm
into your account. Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free and
I hope to commence the transaction as quick as possible, I will send you my
photograph as soon as I hear from you.

Yours sincerely,
Zeynab Missing you with love and trust

P/L Reply back to me through my private email for security reasons.

mogomzeynab@yahoo.fr

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