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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • jennifer_edward2006@yahoo.fr
  • jennifer_edward2006@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "Jennifer Edward" <jennifer_edward11@volny.cz> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 13:43:21 +0200
Subject: From: Miss Jennifer Edward

From: Miss Jennifer Edward
E-mail :jennifer_edward2006@yahoo.fr
Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire
Peace Be Unto You
I am Miss Jennifer Edward the only daughter of late Mr. Joseph
Edward . My father and mother were very wealthy farmers and cocoa
merchant
when they were both alive After the death of my father,long ago,
my mother was controling his business untill she was poisoned by
her business associates which she surffered and died . Before the
death of my mother on October 2004 in a private hospital here in
Abidjan where she was admitted, she secretly called me on her bed
side and disclosed to me about the sum of four million five hundred
US dollars thousand . USD ($4.5million ) she left in suspense
account in one of the bank here in Abidjan , it was the money she
intended to transfer oversea for investment before she was
poisoned. She instructed that I should seek for a foreign partner
in any country of my choice who will assist me transfer this money
in oversea account where the money will be save and invested
wisely. Because of the current political problem here in Ivory
Coast I decided to transfer the money to abroad where it will be
save and invested. therefore, I am crying and seeking for your kind
assistance in the following ways: (1) To provide a safe bank
account into where the money will be transferred for investment .
(2) To
serve as a guardian of this fund since I am a girl of 19 years old
. (3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to
further my education and to secure a resident permit for me in your
country. As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your
interest to assist me to successfuly transfer the money into your
yet nominated account , I would give you all necessary information
you may require.I have mapped out 20% of the total funds as mode
of compensation for your effort for assisting me with this request.
Expecting your urgent response via my email address:
jennifer_edward2006@yahoo.fr
Yours lovely,
Miss Jennifer edward.

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