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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:
  • "i will like you to " (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: john kiettah <johnkiettah02@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 12:30:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From John Kiettah.


Dear Sir,

I have decided to contact you with greatest delight and personal respect. Well, I am John Kiettah , my late father died months ago in my country Sierra Leone Africa, and he was one of the richest gold dealer in the west africa,few days before the death of my father in the hospital he confided in me and ordered me to go to his underground safe and move out immediately, with a Deposit Agreement and Cash Receipt he made with a BANK here in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire where he deposited USD$ 23 million dollars cash (Twenty three Million dollars) and he have already decided to use this money for future investment of the family before his untimely death accured.

Thereafter,I rushed down to Abidjan with these two documents and confirmed the deposit of the money in the bank as he instructed me. Meanwhile, my father have instructed me to look for a trusted foreigner who can assist me transfer this money out of africa for investment. Based on this , I solicit for your assistance to transfer this fund into your Account, but I will demand for the following requirement:

(1) Could you provide for me a safe Bank Account where this fund will be transferred to in your country or another neaarby country where taxation will not take great toll on the money?

(2) Could you be able to assist me to obtain my travelling papers after this transfer to enable me come over to meet you in your country for the investment of this money?

Please, all these requirements are
urgently needed as it will enable me to establish a stronger business relationship with you hence I will like you to be the general overseer of the investment thereafter.
I will please, want you to handle this transaction based on the trust I have established on you. For your assistance in this transaction, I have decided to offer you 12% percent commission of the total amount at the end of this business. The security of this business is very important to me and as such, I would like you to keep this
transaction very confidential.
I shall expect your urgent contact.

Yours,
John Kiettah.









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