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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • muzazah2006@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <muzazah@freesurf.it>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 19:09:26 -0000
Subject: FROM GEBRAIL AND AMANDA MUZAZAH

FROM GEBRAIL AND AMANDA MUZAZAH
ABIDJAN COTE D´IVOIRE
PHONE: 0022 507 848 485
Please kindly reply to us through this mail:: muzazah2006@yahoo.fr

Dear,

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
We wish to solicit your help in migrating to your country and investing
our funds. Briefly, We are Sierra Leonean National and the Son and
Douther of late Dr SIMON MIKE MUZAZAH. I am 18 years while my younger
Sister 16.

Until his death, our father was the General overseer of the Diamond
Mine in Kanema Sierra Leonne. On December 6 2004 the military forces loyal

to the Government of Ahmed TIJAN KABBAH invaded the diamond mine and
assassinated our father, mistaking him for his brother MIKE MUZAZAH who is
the deputy to the leader of the revolutionary United Front (RUF) FODAY
SANKOH.

When the news reached us, we hurried gathered some valuables in our
family villa and escaped for our dear life.

Among the valuables was a file that contained details of a deposit our
father made in a BANK in Abidjan Côte d´Ivoire. He deposited $10.5 million
US dollars in my name GEBRAIL as next of kin money he made from the
sale of Gold and diamonds during his time as the General overseer.

Now that we are in Abidjan and verified the transaction, we need your
assistance to move this funds out of Côte d´Ivoire for investment in
your country as we cannot invest here due to its nearness to our country
and
the war still going on there. We ask you to scout for a viable and
lucrative business, so that we can invest wisely.

We have it in mind to give you 10% of the total sum ($10.5 million US
Dollars), and 15% share in any investment we will embark upon if you
assist us. We will also set aside 5% of the funds for ancillary
expenses which you will make in course of this transaction- fax messages,
phone calls,etc.

This fortune we have revealed to you should remain confidential as it
only you who we have told about it.

The phone number above have been acquierd for this transaction, so that
your messages will be confidentially recieved. Call us on 0022 507 848
485 on receipt of this message for futher directives. Note that this
transaction is risk free.

God Blessed you .
Gebrail Muzazah.
Amanda Muzazah

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