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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Joy Geyan <j_geyan@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 08:14:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: PLEASE I WISH TO INVEST WITH YOU


Mrs Joy Geyan.
Avenue 101,rue 11
Lot 102,Deux Plateau
Abidjan-Coted'ivoire.

Good day, I am contacting
you with confidence that I have chosen a right person to help me to execute this investment project,which I intend to establish with you in your country or any other place you may find suitable.
Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to trust, confiding in someone to succeed in life.
My late husband Mr William Geyan kept in a security storage house here in Abidjan the sum of sixteen million eight hundred thousand us ($16,800,000.00) before he was poisoned to death by unknown persons. Before he died he told me where to pick the documents partainig to the deposite. I am looking for a God fearring person(foreign partner) who will help me to retrieve the fund from the security company and transfer it into his account abroad for investment purposes.That is why I choose you to represent my late husband's foreign partner.
You will get 15% of the total sum for your assistance immediately the transactions is opver.
Hoping to hear frm you asap.
Thank you.
Sincerely?
Mrs Joy Geyan.


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