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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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: "Wumi Abdull" <wumiabdul200@msn.com>
Reply-To: wumi_abdul19@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:57:48 +0000
Subject: FROM WUMI ABDUL URGENT

Dear Respectful One,

GREETINGS

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going to
business relationship with you. I got your contact
from the International web site directory.

I prayed over it and selected your name among other
names due to it's esteeming nature and the
recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust
worthy person I can do business with and by
their recommenddations I must not hesitate to confide
in your for this simple and sincere business.

I am Wumi Abdul; the only Daughter of late Mr and
Mrs George Abdul. My father was a very wealthy cocoa
merchant in Abidjan,the economic capital
of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his
business associates on one of their outing to discus
on a business deal.

When my mother died on the 21st October 1984, my
father took me and my younger brother special because
we are motherless. Before the death of my father on
30th June 2000 in a private hospital here in Abidjan.
He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that
he has a sum of $12.500.000 (Twelve Million, five
hundred thousand dollars) left in a suspense account
in a LOCAL BANK HERE. He used my name
as his first Daughter for the next of kin in deposit
of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this
wealth and some huge amount of money his business
associates supposed to balance his from the deal they
had that he was poisoned by his business associates,
that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner
in a country of my choice where I will transfer this
money and use it for investment purpose, (such as
real estate management).

we are honourably seeking your assistance in the
following ways.

1)I will give you the contact of the Bank where my late father deposited
this money.
2) To serve as the guardian of this since I am a girl
of 26 years.

Moreover, we are willing to offer you 10% of the
sum as compensation for effort input after the
successful transfer of this fund to your designate
account.

Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God Bless.

Best regards.

Miss Wumi Abdul

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