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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:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • ovadjeese007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ovadje ese <ovadjeese007@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 13:52:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: assistance of fund transfer from master ovadje


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ovadjeese007@yahoo.com

From Master Ese Ovadje

Ave 7 lot 180 trichville,

Abidjan,Cote D'Ivoire.

BUSINESS CO-OPERATION / ASSISTANC

Dear respectful one,


Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or ,written before. Introducing myself, I am Master Ese Ovadje,19 years of age the only of the son late Mr and Mrs RICHARD Ovadje ,my father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast), he was poisoned to death by his business

associates on one of their business trips. Before the death of my father on 29th June 2002 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$12.5M (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S), deposited in security company here in west Africa that he used my name as his only son for the next of kin in depositing the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real

estate management here on how best to transfer this money to overseas please.


I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following

ways :

1-To assist me in providing an account of yours where

this fund can quiekly be transferred into.

2-To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am

still in the university.

3-To make arrangement for me to come over to your

country to further my education and to help me secure

a residential permit in your country. Moreover, I am

willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as

compensation for your effort/input after the

successful transfer of this fund into your nominated

account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset

any expenses we may incur. Furthermore, you can

indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe

that this transaction would be concluded within the

shortest possible time if you signify interest to

assist me.


NB : Please contact me immediately you receive

this message through this email address if you are

interested.

God bless.


Yours sincerely,

Ese



- ovadje ese

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