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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Laura Domnic." <misslauradomnic@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: misslauradomnic@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 20:04:29 +0700
Subject: I CONTACT YOU WITH FAITH

From Miss Laura Domnic
Dear, I am Miss Laura Domnic the only daughter of late Mr. & Mrs. Hannah Domnic.
My father and mother were very wealthy farmers and cocoa merchant when they were both alive After the death of my Mother long ago,my Father was controling their business untill he was poisoned by his business associates which he surffered and died.Before the death of my Father on May 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan where he was admitted,he secretly called me on his bed side and disclosed to me about the sum of four million five hundred thousand US dollars.USD ($4.5million ) he left in suspense account in one of the banks here in Abidjan,it was the money he intended to transfer oversea for investment before he was strucked down by the poison . He also instructed me that I should seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice who will assist me transfer this money in oversea account where the money will be save and invested wisely.Because of the current political problem here in Ivory Coast, I decided to transfer the money to abroad where it will be save and investedE therefore,I am crying and seeking for your kind assistance in the following ways:(1) To provide a safe bank account into where the money will be transferred for investment .(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am a girl of 18 years old .(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit for me in your country. As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your interest to assist me to successfuly transfer the money into your yet nominated account.I will give you the contact information of the bank for you to contact them.
Yours lovely,
Miss Laura Domnic.

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