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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:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Sonia Adams <sonia_adams200@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 16:23:24 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From Miss Sonia


From:Miss Sonia Adams,
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire,
West Africa.

Dear Sir

I am Miss Sonia Adams, residence in the above address, I m' 23 years of age, I'm the only daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Walter Adams. My father was Gold Agents in Morovia( Liberia ).Before his sudden death on 20th March 2003 in a private hospital Morovia, he called me on his bedside and told me about the one metallic box containing 220KG Alluvial Gold dust purity worth 22carat he deposited with one interior security company in Dalua City Cote d'Ivoire and he handed me all the vital documents of the Gold as his only survival beloved daughter and he used my name as the next of kin in depositing the Metallic box. He advise me taht I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will sale the goods and invest the money.

I humbly seek for your assistance, to help me receive the Gold, sale it and help me invest the money in a good business, and to serve as my guardian, since I am still a student, to make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education. Thanks as you made up your mind to help an orphan like me.

Please, I urge you to make this transaction a confidetiallity within your heart for security purposes and i will forward to you all the vital documents of the deposited Gold.
Yours sincerely,
Sonia Adams


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