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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (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: "Robert L Lio.Jr" <liorobert7@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jr_robert1@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:16:43 +0000
Subject: Great greetings,


Great greetings,

It's my pleasure to come in contact with you. Though I have not met with you
before in person but I believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to
succeed sometimes in life considering the situations the person find his or
her self.

I want you to know that i am a 21 years old War Orphan who lost his family
Father, Mother and two sisters into the hands of war barbarians, i am from
the Northern part of Sierra-Leone and i have just arrived in Abidjan Ivory
Coast. You see, there is this amount of money US$9 Million which my late
Father deposited for its safety here in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire for an
investment abroad, before he was assassinated. Now I have decided to invest
this money in your country through your help or anywhere safe enough in
Abroad for security, political and economical reasons and that is my reason
of contacting you believing through your assistance and good cooperation
things will move as expected.

In the name of God, if you can be of assistance to me, i shall be pleased to
give you more details concerning the deposit and how possible the money can
be moved out of this country to your country for lucrative business
investment opportunities.

I await your urgent response.
Yours Sincerely,
Robert L. Lio.Jr

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