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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: sonia obudu <soniaobudu2@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:10:19 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Personal Message.


Dearest One,

REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before. I will start first by Introducing myself,

My name is Miss Sonia Obudu, I am the only issue of my late Father Mr. Laurent Obudu. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan; the economic capital of Ivory Coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip.

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on November 2003 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Six Million Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand United State Dollars.USD ($6,250,000.00) left in one of the private security company in Abidjan he used my name as his only Daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of the box.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will invest the Money in any good lucrative business of my choice as soon as the deposited Box is out from the Security Company, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:

1) To assist me claim out the box out from the security company where my late father deposited the money as a family treasure.

2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 22 years old.

3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort and 5% for any expenses that may occur in the retrieval of the box out from the security Company. As soon as I hear from you, I will forward you the security Company's contact for you to contact them as my Guardian and demand from them what it will take to bring out the box from their Security Company.

Anticipating hearing from you soon.

Thanks and God Bless You.

With Love.....Sonia.

NB: I strongly advised you to avoid discussing this transaction with a third party as that could jeopardize the success of this transaction.





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