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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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• 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.
  • ezeocha@hotmail.com
  • infojudan@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "ezeocha ezeocha" <ezeocha@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: infojudan@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:50:42 +0000
Subject: Urgent

Dear Friend,

Compliment of the day, I am Miss Ezeocha Juliet daniels,
the daughter of Alhaji Ezeocha Daniels Musa. I will not be
surprise for any reaction you will give to this mail,
I am very much aware of the likes of the mails of this
nature. I must let you know that I did go through a
search before I chose to come to you.

I am residing at Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
where my late father operated on cocoa business before
he met his death. My mother died when I was barely
three years. I was left with my younger brother.

As odd as it may be to the situation of
things today, I wish to bring to your notice an
inheritance we inherited from our late father, this is
to the tune of Eight million US dollars. This fortune
is stored in a trunk box and was deposited by my late
father in a private security firm as a personal
effects at Europe, since the 15th June 2002. Please, I
will like to bring to your notice, the situations that
warrants that we must live this country as soon as
possible. You can view www.radiojam.ci or
www.presidence.ci. Please for God sake, help us to
live this country.

I came to you for a purpose of investing this
money anywhere in the world that will be conducive for
us. I need You to help me to retrieve this box from
the security company at Europe. Details will be
discussed in due course.

I obliged you to subject this request to any
scrutiny that will respect our personalities, I am
looking forward to receiving your reply soon.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation. Please reply with
this email addresses:ezeocha@hotmail.com or infojudan@yahoo.co.uk

Best regards,

Miss Ezeocha Juliet daniels

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