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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• This email message is a next of kin 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.
  • mr_richard_guei@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. RICHARD H. GUEI" <richard@message.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:04:19 +0100
Subject: I Need Your Maximum assistance.


Dear Sir/Ma,

On behalf of the entire members of GUEI family and my good self, Richard
H.Guei, thefirst son and the present speaker of the family of late, his
Excellency Robert Guei the Ex President of Republic of Cote D' Ivoire in
Western region of Africa is hereby asking for your help and also your
Maximum assistance.


I am a medical student and a middle aged man of twenty nine years. My late
father, when he was in power he accumulated a lot of wealth and he also
lodged a locked box containing the total sum of Twenty five Million Dollars
(25 Million USD) and block Gold worth of 85 kilos in a security company in
Burkina Faso. He further instructed the security company to transfer the
consignment to their agent in Spain to avoid any traces, the consignment
was lodged as computer accessories for security reasons moreso, it's
unlawful to deposit cash finance institute. And till date the management of
the security company was ignorant of the real contents of the consignment.
He was killed by enemies cause of the political envies government has for
him when he was in power.


And after his death the government led by LAURENT GBAGBO ordered to seize
of allhis know properties. My fathers properties were all confiscated
including all his bank accounts with the accusation of financial
embelsslement. After all this trends by the government, the whole families
were left with nothing apart from this money in Spain.


And Luckly he called me a month before his sudden death and disclosed this
secret to me, But he didn?t give the key, the secret code number of the box
and the whole documents concerning to the vault in my hand immediately.
Just two month ago, I find all the relevant documents involved, the key and
code number of theconsignment where it was written on a document.Then,I
called the security company as the chiefbeneficiary to know the procedure
and acquirements for the claim. But the management of the security company
said, my late father signed an agreement with them that the vault belong to
his foreign partner. And if he is not physically available in future, his
next of kin Richard, which is myself must be accompanied with his foreign
partner before the release of this vault, and there is no name specified in
the agreement as the foreign partner.


Presently, I am in Accra-Ghana, as refugees just to keep government preying
eye away from me. And to avoid someone who known me back home knowing my
present hideout. Based on this reasons, I am contacting you to stand as my
late father foreign partner and the true beneficiary to the vault by
helping me to arrange with the company on how the consignment will be
dislodge moreso,keep this transaction confidential between me and you for
security reasons. I am fully aware of the international monitoring of all
large-scale financial movements after the September 11th 2001 terrorist
attack on America and to avoid any state of financial investigation.I will
provide a classified clearance paper as it was inherited from my late
father who will exonerate the money from either drug, money laundered or
terrorist related proceeds.


Personaly,i have decide to follow you to your country for the investment of
this funds immediatelyit,s released.Neverthless the success of this
transaction will give birth to a live time relationship,patnership and
oneness till death do us part. Hoping to hear favourably from you soonest
through my private Email: mr_richard_guei@yahoo.com
Thanks.
Mr. Richard H. Gue

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