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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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: "mbenita@hotmail.fr" <bensonnita@fastwebmail.it>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:29:58 +0000
Subject: FROM MRS MARY NITA


FROM MRS MARY NITA
DINO GUEST HOUSE COCODY
ABIDJAN.COTE D'VOIRE

Dearest one
I am Mrs. Mary Benson Nita. I am a widow with a chronic renal insufficiency
case, a kidney disease and I am presently putting up in a guest house with
my son here in Abidjan .

I want to inform you of an urgent assistance I need from you and if you can
not assist fully, I will like you to please source a trustworthy person to
receive a certain deposit I inherited from my late husband for an
investment.


My late husband deposited the sum of $ 8 million with a bank here in Abidjan
before his death while in service as a general in the Army in my home
country but before his death, he handed me over all the documents relating
to the deposit in the bank and asked me to leave for Abidjan and arrange
with a foreign partner to invest the money so that my children could have a
better education and a good life.

Consequently, I and my son Joel has come to this place and have located the
bank and all modalities have been put in place to transfer this money
abroad. I therefore want to use you as my late husband's foreign associate
to receive this money into your account or to whom you may recommend for the
investment so that my son can continue his education while. I am properly
administered medically abroad.

Meanwhile, I will like you to urgently indicate your willingness to me so
that I can furnish you the related documents and lodgement receipt of the
deposit with the bank for your perusals and confirmation to enable you
contact the bank for the fund transfer directly to your account.

Because of my ill health, I am mostly bedridden in the hospital on renal
dialysis; this is a system of artificially doing/performing the functions of
the kidneys. By this, the excess toxic waste products in my blood are washed
out. I will like you to reply me immediately so that I can detail you
accordingly concerning this and the next step to take, please note that you
will be compensated accordingly for assisting me and my son to successfully
transfer of this money out of this country for the investment in your
country.
Hope to hearing from you urgently.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Mary Nita and Joel Nita

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