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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:

• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • gvicksg@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: Victoria <gvicksg@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:48:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Greetings from Victoria.


Victoria Gomez
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.
Email: gvicksg@yahoo.fr

Dearest Beloved,


I know that this mail may come to you as surprise, I am Victoria Gomez the daughter of Dr. Koffi Gomez the former director of COVICUL CI an agricultural cooperative in food-producing products in Bouaké Côte d'Ivoire. I managed to escape to Abidjan with my only brother Albert who later died during the out break of civil war here.

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in you. Though I have not meet with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life. This
is a very confidential matter and you must treat with highly secret.

I am in position of US$4.5Million which my late father kept in a Security Company here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire before he was assassinated by the Rebels. This money is in one Metallic Trunk Box marked family valuables. The money meant for the exporting of Cocoa
to France which he did not execute before his assassination.

Now I want to move this money abroad and invest it in a lucrative business venture in your country for security and safety reasons. I want you to help me claim and retrieve this box from the Security company and have the money transfer into your personal account.

If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer you a quality percentage of the total fund and you will help me to come over to your country.

I await your sincere response.

Thanks and God bless.
Victoria Gomez.






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