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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 07:00:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM MISS BETICKA LAURENT

Deares one,

Greetings as you go through the dept of this email designed to inform you of my desire to go into business relationship with you which will in turn be of a great mutual benefit to both of us.
I am Miss BETICKA LAURENT the only child of late Mr. and Mrs. JEAN LAURENT, my parents were very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory coast before they were both poisoned to death by my father's brothers while on a family meeting in the village.
However, before my father gave up to the ghost on the 24th of Dec.2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly waved me to his bedside and whispered in my ear that he deposited the sum of NINTEEN MILLION DOLLARS (USD$19,000.000) into an Abidjan base security company under the coverage
of family valuables using my name as the next of kin.

He also made me to understand that his brothers were responsible for his death and instructed me to look for a foreigner who will help me transfer this fund and invest it wisely abroad and to prove it all, six month after my parents death his brothers sold all his properties including our family
house and now seeking to kill me too.
Dear, I am honorably seeking for your assistance to help me transfer this funds to your country possibly through your account if we can reach a compromise because you will stand as the guardian to this funds while I further my education in your country.
Incase, you wish to assist me and know more about this matter do not hesitate to reach me for your response,mail me through my email .

I look forward to hear from you soonest.

Thanks and God bless you and your family.

MISS BETICKA LAURENT.



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